Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH Data via plota.co.uk

25/04591/PDNOT - Permitted Development Notification Decided

Proposal

Installation of a proposed substation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Nov 2025
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Response
9 Dec 2025

Response on 9 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF OFFICER REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Application Information · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT LETTER - EPN Application Information · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

West Cambridge 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Air quality management area: Cambridge AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden 88 m away: Trinity College
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
5 listed buildings within 150 m; Flood defence 30 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 10 year flood); Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; Priority habitat 30 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Permitted Development Notification
Postcode
CB3 9DH
Received
26 Nov 2025
Validated
26 Nov 2025
Ward
Newnham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Dec 2025
Decision
Response
Decision date
9 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
23 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Installation of a new substation and single storey extension to Maintenance Building for…
25/04800/FUL
2025 Approved
Installation of a new substation and single storey extension to Maintenance Building for…
25/04800/FUL
2025 Approved
Installation of Air Source Heat Pumps at H, L, P, T, U and Z Blocks
25/04797/FUL
2025 Approved
Installation of Air Source Heat Pumps at H, L, P, T, U and Z Blocks
25/04797/FUL
2023 Approved
T65 - Chestnut behind railings on Brook bank, crown lift over service road to 4m and clea…
23/0738/TTCA
2023 Approved
T65 - Chestnut behind railings on Brook bank, crown lift over service road to 4m and clea…
23/0738/TTCA
2023 Approved
T79. Bird Cherry on right hand side of Service Road Building Block S - crown lift 4m, cro…
23/0525/TTCA
2023 Approved
T79. Bird Cherry on right hand side of Service Road Building Block S - crown lift 4m, cro…
23/0525/TTCA
2022 Approved
Burrells Field Trees around 58 Grange Road (subsidence related) 1. Fig T129- fell and gri…
22/1248/TTCA
2022 Approved
Burrells Field Trees around 58 Grange Road (subsidence related) 1. Fig T129- fell and gri…
22/1248/TTCA
Within ~100m

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2025 Approved
Blocks W And X Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Installation 3 No. Air Source Heat Pumps and internal upgrades to heating systems in Bloc…
25/04799/LBC
2025 Approved
Blocks W And X Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Installation 3 No. Air Source Heat Pumps and internal upgrades to heating systems in Bloc…
25/04799/LBC
2025 Approved
Blocks W And X Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Installation 3 No. Air Source Heat Pumps and internal upgrades to heating systems in Bloc…
25/04798/FUL
2025 Approved
Blocks W And X Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Installation 3 No. Air Source Heat Pumps and internal upgrades to heating systems in Bloc…
25/04798/FUL
2025 Approved
Robinson College, Porters Lodge Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AN
Cedar- laterally reduce two lower branches obscuring traffic camera, by approximately 0.5m
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2025 Approved
Robinson College, Porters Lodge Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AN
Cedar- laterally reduce two lower branches obscuring traffic camera, by approximately 0.5m
25/1223/TTCA
2025 Approved
Trinity College, Burrells Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
Installation of 1no. air source heat pump adjacent to Y Block and 1no. air source heat pu…
25/02671/FUL
2025 Approved
Trinity College, Burrells Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
Installation of 1no. air source heat pump adjacent to Y Block and 1no. air source heat pu…
25/02671/FUL
2024 Approved
Trinity College, Burrells Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
Installation of 1no. Air Source Heat Pump adjacent to V Block.
24/03089/FUL
2024 Approved
Trinity College, Burrells Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
Installation of 1no. Air Source Heat Pump adjacent to V Block.
24/03089/FUL
2024 Approved
Trinity College, Burrells Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
T237 Weeping Willow - fell. There is considerable rot and risk of failure. It is located…
24/0262/TTCA
2024 Approved
Trinity College, Burrells Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
T237 Weeping Willow - fell. There is considerable rot and risk of failure. It is located…
24/0262/TTCA
2023 Approved
Trinity College, Burrells Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
Burrell's Field (Orchard) T212 Paulownia - Crown Lift to 3m T213 Yew - Crown Reduce 1.5m…
23/1559/TTCA
2023 Approved
Trinity College, Burrells Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TQ
Burrell's Field (Orchard) T212 Paulownia - Crown Lift to 3m T213 Yew - Crown Reduce 1.5m…
23/1559/TTCA
2021 Approved
Trinity College Trinity Street Cambridge CB2 1TQ
T918: Lime - Remove major dead wood and reduce 3 limbs (lateral) from centre stem at poin…
21/0347/TTCA
2021 Approved
Trinity College Trinity Street Cambridge CB2 1TQ
T918: Lime - Remove major dead wood and reduce 3 limbs (lateral) from centre stem at poin…
21/0347/TTCA
2017 Approved
Trinity Old Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AA
Beech (T12) Crown lift by an additional 2m and sever ivy at base up to 1m highCherry (T13…
17/521/TTCA
2017 Approved
Trinity Old Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AA
Beech (T12) Crown lift by an additional 2m and sever ivy at base up to 1m highCherry (T13…
17/521/TTCA
Cambridge
Planning Authority Score
8.3/10
Excellent
#18 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

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Cambridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #108 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #100 of 296
86%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #21 of 296
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #34 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
86 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
41 decided
1,014
Total decisions
100 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings