Gonville And Caius College, St Michaels Court Trinity Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TA Data via plota.co.uk

26/02198/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

internal refurbishment including: additional boxings and ceilings to conceal services, improved lighting to main stairs, added margin detail to new false ceilings, minor layout change at 4th floor. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2026
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Validated
17 Jun 2026
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Consultation
23 Jun 2026
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Approved
10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Aug 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Gonville and Caius College, North and East Ranges of St Michaels Court, Staircases A-F St Michael's Court, Gonville and Caius College
List entry 1125528 · The pin is inside its outline · 92 more listed buildings within 150 m (12 Grade I, 7 Grade II*, 73 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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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 ↗
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
Registered park or garden 105 m away: Trinity College; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; National infrastructure project 1601 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CB2 3NJ
Received
11 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Market
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
10 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
R H Partnership Architects
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 96% of extensions here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
555decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
23 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Aug 2026
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

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.