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26/04054/S19LB - Section 19 - Remove/Vary Condition (LB) Awaiting decision

Proposal

S19LB to vary condition 2 of ref: 26/00484/S19LB (Alteration, refurbishment and extension to the Stirling Building, including 2no. pavilion blocks to the north and south and additional access arrangements. Alterations to the façade including the replacement of the façade with new glazing and aluminium, and refurbished brick and tiling. Alterations to the internal layout including sub-division of the main reading room with a glass partition, changes to the entrance and circulation areas on the ground floor, and the reconfiguration of cellular spaces within the L-Block on the upper floors) to include: - Removal of coolers and repositioning of remaining plant on the bookstack roof, - Alterations to entrance canopy to enable maintenance of glazed façade, Alterations below ground to footprint of south pavilion, and - Minor internal layout changes relating to improved accessible WC provision, office and meeting room partitions and changes to support updated service & fire arrangements. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

27 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 22 Dec 2026.

Documents 7

Application forms 2

PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 27 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 27 Oct 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 4

Part of

Listed buildingApproved29 May 2025council archive

Conditions 3, 4 discharged · 2 varied
- VariationS19LB to vary condition 2 (approved drawings)6 Feb 202626/00484/S19LB
  Conditions 2 variation sought
  - VariationS19LB to vary condition 2 (Alteration, refurbishment and extension to the Stirling Building…This application27 Oct 202626/04054/S19LB
- ConditionsSubmission of details required by conditions 3 (salvage and reuse of existing materials) and 4…21 Jul 202525/00639/CONDA

Site constraints 8

Grade II* listed: History Faculty Building

List entry 1380217 · The pin is inside its outline · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 7 Grade II)

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

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36 mFaculty of Economics and Politics, Cambridge UniversityGrade II
44 mRaised Faculty Block, Cambridge UniversityGrade II
105 mLady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge UniversityGrade II
116 mLittle Hall and Attached Lecture Theatre Block, Cambridge UniversityGrade II
122 mSelwyn College, North RangeGrade II
135 mHarvey Court, Gonville and Caius CollegeGrade II*
136 mSelwyn College, Gateway and Screen Between the North Range and the ChapelGrade II
140 mSelwyn College ChapelGrade II

Historic England ↗

West Cambridge conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

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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.

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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Local nature reserve 412 m away: Sheep's Green and Coe Fen; Registered park or garden 170 m away: King's College; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; Priority habitat 40 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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