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Imperial War Museum, Building 62 Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR

24/04852/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 February 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Re-roofing works to building 62 and increase height to include removal of the existing slate roof covering and new roofing felt, timber counter battens, and reslavaged and new slates , replacement of lead flashing, and minor brickwork repairs to chimney stacks

Received
24 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Duxford
Agent
Ayer Associates Ltd
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a roof replacement at Imperial War Museum, Building 62 Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Duxford Airfield conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Duxford. We hold 1,974 applications in total for the CB22 postcode area.

94% of full applications at South Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB22 4QR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Duxford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2025
Consultation expiry
29 January 2025
Last date for comments
26 February 2025
Target decision date
14 March 2025
Permission expires
28 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ayer Associates Ltd
Agent address
The Old Town Hall 4 Queen'S Road London SW19 8YB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 January 2025
Site notice start
5 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
17

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 (21)

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, 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. 2024
    24 Dec

    Re-roofing works to building 62 and increase height to include removal of the existing slate roof covering…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/04852/FUL
  2. 2024
    24 Dec

    Re-roofing works to building 62 and increase in height to include removal of the existing slate roof covering…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside24/04853/LBC

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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