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Downing Site, The Sedgwick Museum Of Earth Sciences Downing Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3EQ

26/02469/LBCListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a lifting platform on ground floor and associated works

Received
30 June 2026
Decision due
25 August 2026
Ward
Market
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated30 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a heritage application at Downing Site, The Sedgwick Museum Of Earth Sciences Downing Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3EQ. Cambridge has handled 153 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3EQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 June 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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