Phoenix Building New Museums Site Free School Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Approved on 17 April 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Lightly refurbish two 1970s floors (second and third), adding new toilets and brew points. Refurbish a small area at ground floor to create two universal toilets and a brew point from what is currently male toilet. Removal of a 1970s bridge from Phoenix to the corner of the Balfour Building and replacement of an existing external spiral stair (ground to second floor) with one to modern standards that extends to third floor. The Balfour building, including stonework details, will be repaired/reconstructed where the bridge is removed.
- Received
- 3 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Market
- ReceivedReceived3 Mar
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Phoenix Building New Museums Site Free School Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 153 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market.
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
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Head of Estates
- Agent address
- Greenwich House Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0TX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 18 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 28
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Historic Core
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 07/2006Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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