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12-16 Bridge Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1UF

26/00278/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

External building fabric maintenance work to include: Cleaning and repairing the clay-tiled pitched roofs, Cleaning, re pointing and repairing the brick chimney stacks, Cleaning the lead-covered dormers, parapet gutter and flashings and repairing or replacing any defective lead where necessary, Recovering two asphalt covered flat roofs at the rear of the buildings, Cleaning and repainting the cast iron and plastic rainwater goods, Repainting the previously painted render finishes at the front of the buildings and Redecorating the previously decorated external doors and windows at the front and rear.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
Agent
Bidwells LLP
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 12-16 Bridge Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1UF. Cambridge has handled 153 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 postcode area.

95% of heritage applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB2 1UF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells LLP
Agent address
Bidwell House Trumpington Road Trumpington Cambridge CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 February 2026
Site notice start
5 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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