Building 48 Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR
Approved on 12 November 2025
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Chimey stack repairs, rake out defective point and repoint, addition of New membrane and timber battens/counter battens, Roof slate and lead details replacement (like for like replacements), Timber repairs & replacement to eaves detailing, Installation of soffit vents, Roof light replacement, Replacement rainwater goods, Removal of asbestos ceiling board internally and Replacement of ceiling board internally with new firerated plasterboard.
- Received
- 18 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Duxford
- Agent
- Ayer Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation22 Oct
- TargetTarget Date13 Nov
- DecidedDecided12 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Building 48 Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR. South Cambridgeshire has handled 754 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Duxford Airfield conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
98% of heritage 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
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Duxford CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 1 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 22 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 November 2025
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
- 1 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 1 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Duxford Airfield
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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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© 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.
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- Ayer Associates Ltd · Agent for this application
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