Castle End Mission 5 Pound Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of a metal-clad single-storey building on Pound Hill, erection of a new extension of broadly similar appearance in its place to create new community entrance and office/ meeting spaces, extension at First Floor (FF) over existing Gym Room at the southwest over the same footprint as Ground Floor (GF), extension at FF only to partially cover existing car park on northwest side of kitchen/WC block, install new accessible ramped and stepped access from Pound Hill. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 9 Jan 2026 · Committee Decision (Area/Main) · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Documents 49
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 15
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 20
Other documents 10
Site constraints 6
Show all 17 with distances
- 2 mCastle End Mission and Working Mens Institute with attached Iron HallGrade II
- 48 m1-5, BELL'S COURT (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 69 mSchool HouseGrade II
- 73 mCastle Street Methodist Church and Sunday School Including Front Gates and RailingsGrade II
- 74 mWestminster College BoundsGrade II
- 77 mThe North West Range of Westminster CollegeGrade II
- 78 mWith Attached Workshop Range and Front RailingsGrade II
- 80 mThe Main and Secondary Gateway to Madingley Road and the Boundary WallGrade II
- 84 mThe Castle InnGrade II
- 88 mWestminster and Cheshunt CollegeGrade II
- 103 m55-69, Castle StreetGrade II
- 110 mCaretaker's House in the Grounds of County Hall and About Fifty Yards to the SouthGrade II
- 115 mChurch of St PeterGrade II*
- 130 mSocial Service DepartmentGrade II
- 131 mKettles YardGrade II
- 146 m83, Castle StreetGrade II
- 149 m21-24, Northampton StreetGrade II
Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £510,800 in June 2018. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 161 days from validation, 99 days slower than Cambridge's median of 62 for full applications. Refused, as 10% of full applications here are.
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Public comments
75% object · above the UK average of 74%
32 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Site or press notice
- 6 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 7 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 26 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Cambridge is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #21 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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