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Friends Meeting House 12 Jesus Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8BA

26/02897/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retrofit and refurbishment of Jesus Lane Quaker Meeting House, including alterations to fenestration and openings, alternations to external material, extending parapet, new roof top mechanical equiptment for heating, mvhr and solar pv, new lift core, new single storey rear courtyard extension and amendments to public realm, part change of use from residential class C3 to place of Worship class F1

Received
30 July 2026
Decision due
24 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Ward
Market
Agent
Within Planetary Boundaries Studio
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 3 September.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (46)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Friends Meeting House 12 Jesus Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8BA. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 postcode area.

90% of full 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
CB5 8BA
Application type
Full Application
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

Applicant and agent

Agent
Within Planetary Boundaries Studio
Architect profile
WITHIN PLANETARY BOUNDARIES STUDIO LTD
Agent address
Entopia Building 1 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1GG Gb

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Historic Core
  • Listed building: Grade II: 8-10, Jesus LaneOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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