Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF

26/03377/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision

Full

Proposal

Construction of plant enclosure to contain air source head pumps and sprinkler tanks and associated works in association with the Stirling Building.

Received: 3 September 2026
Decision due: 29 October 2026
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Newnham

ReceivedReceived3 Sep
ValidatedValidated3 Sep
Consult.Consultation15 Oct
TargetTarget Date29 Oct
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 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: CB3 9EF
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
District: Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 September 2026
Consultation expiry: 16 September 2026
Last date for comments: 15 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Director of Estates
Agent address: Estates Division Greenwich House Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0TX Gb

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 16 September 2026
Site notice start: 24 September 2026

Additional information

Documents: 28

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: West Cambridge
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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