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Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF

26/00482/NMA1Non-Material AmendmentAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Non material amendment on application 26/00482/S73 to removal of coolers, minor internal alterations to meeting room partitions and accessible wc's, amendment to wording of condition 13 of 26/00482/S73

Received
19 October 2026
Decision due
16 November 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 26 October 2026
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF. Cambridge has handled 195 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 postcode area.

90% of amendment 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
CB3 9EF
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
University of Cambridge
Agent address
Estates Division Greenwich House Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0TX Gb

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
25

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

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

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    19 Oct

    Non material amendment on application 26/00482/S73

    This applicationPendingNon-material amendment26/00482/NMA1
  2. 2026
    21 Aug

    Submission of details required by condition 13 (proposed glass façade) of planning permission 26/00482/S73

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00482/CONDC
  3. 2026
    17 Jun

    Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 12(d) (all services penetrations through…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/00482/CONDB
  4. 2026
    8 Jun

    Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 12 (details of final glass specification) of…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/00482/CONDA
  5. 2026
    6 Feb

    S73 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of ref: 25/00638/FUL

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)Part of26/00482/S73
  6. 2026
    6 Feb

    S19LB to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of ref: 25/00639/LBC

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside26/00484/S19LB

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