Building 209 Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Approved on 16 February 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Internal alterations and refurbishment to the existing toilets located on the Ground Floor (G/F) of Building 209, which is a grade II listed building. The proposal includes removal of internal partition walls and strip out of existing toilets, with the aim to refurbish the rooms whilst also creating a new tea-point space.
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Duxford
- Agent
- Ayer Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation9 Feb
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Building 209 Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 754 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 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
- 22 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 7 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
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
- 7 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 19 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
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 (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.
Source: South Cambridgeshire
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