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Village Hall High Street Grantchester Cambridgeshire CB3 9NF

26/02778/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 September 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of removable secondary glazing to the three historic Reading Room windows, Replace the existing single-glazed window in the adjacent non listed kitchen with a thermally efficient heritage-style replacement, Replace existing oil-filled electric radiators with modern smart-controlled panel heaters and installation of a Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) system, located in the adjacent Village Hall stage area.

Received
22 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Ward
Harston & Comberton
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Village Hall High Street Grantchester Cambridgeshire CB3 9NF. 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 Grantchester conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 133 applications across Harston & Comberton. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 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
CB3 9NF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Grantchester CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Target decision date
16 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Grantchester
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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