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Gonville And Caius College, Caius Court Trinity Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TA

26/02887/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 September 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Removal of the existing Klais organ, installed in 1981, and replacement with a new mechanical organ to the college specification. Associated power and services alterations, joinery adaptations and finishing. The new organ is designed for the particular acoustic character of the chapel and college use and the available space in the organ gallery. The new organ is estimated at 6 tonnes in weight compared to the Klais at c.10 tonnes. The organ gallery was altered and strengthened in 1981 for the installation of the Klais and it is not anticipated that significant alterations will be necessary for the new Frobenius organ.

Received
30 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 1 October 2026
Ward
Newnham
Agent
R H Partnership Architects
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Gonville And Caius College, Caius Court Trinity Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TA. Cambridge has handled 153 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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 1TA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2026
Consultation expiry
12 August 2026
Last date for comments
3 September 2026
Target decision date
24 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
R H Partnership Architects
Architect profile
R H PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
94 R H Partnership Architects 94 Chesterton Road Cambridge CB4 1ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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
    6 Aug

    Retention of wainscot panelling which lines the lower portion of the chapel walls, from the window cill level…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/02985/LBC
  2. 2026
    30 Jul

    Removal of the existing Klais organ, installed in 1981, and replacement with a new mechanical organ to the…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/02887/LBC

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