Astrazeneca Conference Centre Cambridge Biomedical Campus 1 Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0AA
Approved on 10 March 2026
Council decision: EIA Screening Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the demolition of existing structures and redevelopment for a Conference Centre (Use Class F1) and Office (Use Class E(g)(i)), including hard and soft landscaping, servicing, access and associated infrastructure.
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Queen Ediths
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Astrazeneca Conference Centre Cambridge Biomedical Campus 1 Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0AA. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Queen Ediths. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 postcode area.
85% of outline 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 0AA
- Application type
- EIA Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bidwells
- Agent address
- Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge CB2 9LD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 45/2018Part of the site
- Green belt: CambridgePart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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