2 Trumpington Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1QA Data via plota.co.uk

25/03104/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Internal refurbishment including sub-division to create an accessible toilet facility and MEP upgrades Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2025
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Consultation
3 Sept 2025
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Approved
24 Oct 2025

Approved on 24 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: 2, Trumpington Street
List entry 1126041 · The pin is inside its outline · 28 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II*, 25 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.
Show the other 28 with distances
Historic England ↗
Historic Core 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 ↗
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 ↗
Scheduled monument 41 m away: Hobson's Conduit
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Local nature reserve 202 m away: Sheep's Green and Coe Fen
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; National infrastructure project 1067 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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 £687,500 in August 2007. Terraced house, freehold.

30 August 2007£687,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CB2 1QA
Received
6 Aug 2025
Validated
6 Aug 2025
Ward
Market
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Oct 2025
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
24 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Head of Estates
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 79 days from validation, 24 days slower than Cambridge's median of 55 for listed building works. Approved, as 97% of listed building works here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
146decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Cambridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Cambridge decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
3 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
1 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Cambridge
Planning Authority Score
8.3/10
Excellent
#18 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.