American Air Museum Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

25/04204/FUL - Full Application Approved

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. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Oct 2025
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Validated
10 Nov 2025
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Consultation
26 Nov 2025
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Approved
30 Dec 2025
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Appeal dismissed
15 Apr 2026

Approved on 30 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 19

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 30 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 30 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF ECOLOGY Consultee Comments · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 29 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 29 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 29 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 9

PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND Consultee Comments · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF CONTAMINATED LAND Consultee Comments · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIETY Consultee Comments · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CONTAMINATED LAND Consultee Comments · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF BNE - CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF WASTE - SHARED SERVICE Consultee Comments · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CAMBRIDGE CITY AIRPORT Consultee Comments · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 29 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Duxford Airfield conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Heritage at risk: Duxford Airfield, Duxford/Whittlesford
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Heathfield (South Cambridgeshire) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 7 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Council
South Cambridgeshire
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CB22 4QR
Received
29 Oct 2025
Validated
10 Nov 2025
Ward
Duxford
Parish
Duxford CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Jan 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
30 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 15 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003549 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Architype

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 22 days faster than South Cambridgeshire's median of 72 for full applications. Approved, as 89% of full applications here are.

34%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
302decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by South Cambridgeshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Cambridgeshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

27 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
26 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
5 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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2025
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South Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
8.1/10
Excellent
#25 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Cambridgeshire is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #24 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

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for householder decisions
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South Cambridgeshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #45 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #91 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #24 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #60 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
215 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,509
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings