Clare College, Old Court Trinity Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TL Data via plota.co.uk

26/02783/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Alterations to insert two tell-tale overflow pipes to existing parapet gutter Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
22 Jul 2026
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Validated
24 Jul 2026
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Consultation
6 Aug 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Site constraints 9

Grade I listed: Clare College, the Buildings Surrounding the Fore and Principal Courts
List entry 1320280 · The pin is inside its outline · 26 more listed buildings within 150 m (11 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 14 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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Clare College
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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 ↗
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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 468 m away: Sheep's Green and Coe Fen; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; Flood defence 42 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood); National infrastructure project 1806 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 6 October 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 1TL
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Newnham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Freeland Rees Roberts

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 96% of extensions here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
490decided 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 18 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
6 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Sept 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