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Land At West Corner Of Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire

26/04056/FULAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Hybrid planning application comprising: - i) Full Planning application for new museum collections store, IWM Lab, and ancillary building, providing storage for the IWM national collection, with conservation and training facilities for IWM (use class F1c) with associated internal roads, landscaping, servicing, drainage and associated infrastructure (Phase 1A) and employment floorspace (use classes E(g), B2, B8) Duxford Avtech (AvTech) including uses for advanced technology, innovation, research and development, ancillary offices, testing, environmentally sustainable manufacturing and storage space primarily for the low carbon aviation technology sector and its associated mid-tech related support uses with associated access from A505, internal roads, car parking, landscaping, servicing, drainage and associated works (Phase 1B). ii) Outline Planning application for the phased delivery of up to 42,500sqm (GEA) of employment floorspace (use classes E(g), B2, B8) for expansion of AvTech within a number of new buildings to be delivered in a phased approach for advanced technology, innovation, research and development, ancillary offices, testing, environmentally sustainable manufacturing and storage (hangar) space primarily for the low carbon aviation sector and associated mid-tech related support uses, multi-storey car park, cafe building with associated internal access, internal roads, servicing, car parking, landscaping, drainage and associated works.

Received
27 October 2026
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at Land At West Corner Of Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 5,244 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 November 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Duxford Airfield conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Duxford AirfieldPart of the site
  • Green belt: South CambridgeshirePart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Duxford Airfield, Duxford/WhittlesfordPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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