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St Johns College, First Court St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP

26/01331/ADVAdvert ConsentAwaiting decision
Advertisement consent
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

To fly the Progress Flag from the Great Gate flagpole on the first and last days of February and June, on Saturdays in February and June, and annually on Global Pride Day, provided that the flagpole is not required on any of those days for any other purpose included in the St John's College Standing Orders.

Received
2 April 2026
Decision due
28 May 2026
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 1 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (11)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at St Johns College, First Court St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP. Cambridge has handled 112 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 postcode area.

80% of advertising 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 1TP
Application type
Advert Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Last date for comments
1 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Historic Core
  • Listed building: St John'S College, the Buildings Surrounding the First, Second and Third CourtsOn or next to this site
  • Registered park and garden: St John'S College
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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