American Air Museum Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Approved on 30 December 2025
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Temporary, 6 year, installation of a fabric shading skin to the south-east facade and solar shading film to curved toplight glazing towards the rear.
- Received
- 29 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Duxford
- ReceivedReceived29 Oct
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Dec
- TargetTarget Date5 Jan
- DecidedDecided30 Dec
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a solar installation at American Air Museum Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 754 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Duxford Airfield conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Duxford.
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
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Duxford CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Architype
- Architect profile
- ARCHITYPE LIMITED
- Agent address
- Architype Upper Twyford Hereford HR2 8AD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 26 November 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 30
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.
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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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: South Cambridgeshire
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