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25/04039/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of the existing building and structures, erection of an office building (Class E) to include ground floor flexible units (Class E, F1, F2) and a single basement for car parking and plant, hard and soft landscaping to create a new public realm, stopping up of the existing vehicular access on Hills Road and the provision of vehicular access on Station Road, provision of cycle access/parking, and related infrastructure and servicing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Oct 2025
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Consultation
4 Nov 2025
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Approved
28 Jul 2026

Approved on 28 Jul 2026 · Committee Decision (Area/Main) · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 112

Statements & assessments 30

PDF HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT Application Information · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TECHNICAL NOTE FOR ACOUSTIC PLANNING REPORT AND AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Application Information · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY Consultee Comments · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT TEAM Consultee Comments · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY Consultee Comments · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Consultee Comments · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY REPORT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF BEAM PRE ASSESSMENT REPORT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT REPORT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ENERGY STATEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF EXTERNAL LIGHTING REPORT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF VIEWPOINTS ASSESSMENT Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TREE SURVEY AND ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL ASSESSMENT BASELINE Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF UTILITIES STATEMENT FOR PLANNING Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF VENTILATION AND EXTRACT STATEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF WIND MICROCLIMATE ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 1-50 ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 51-52 ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 1-50 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 51-78 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PAGE 51-78 Design and Access Statement · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 1-50 STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 51-83 STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 25

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comments · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF APPLICANT RESPONSE LETTER Agent / Applicant Comments · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF CAMBRIDGE SHARED WASTE Consultee Comments · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH Consultee Comments · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF ACTIVE TRAVEL ENGLAND COMMENTS. Consultee Comments · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF ANGLIAN WATER FURTHER COMMENTS Consultee Comments · 26 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF URBAN DESIGN Consultee Comments · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND Consultee Comments · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND COMMENTS Consultee Comments · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF ANGLIAN WATER Consultee Comments · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF LANDSCAPE Consultee Comments · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TREES Consultee Comments · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGNING OUT CRIME OFFICER Consultee Comments · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LLFA Consultee Comments · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CADENT GAS Consultee Comments · 4 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF AIRPORT SAFEGUARDING Consultee Comments · 28 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF WASTE - SHARED SERVICE Consultee Comments · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ARCHAEOLOGY Consultee Comments · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 48

PDF S106 AGREEMENT FINAL Application Legal Agreement/S106/UU · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DRAFT S106 AGREEMENT Application Legal Agreement/S106/UU · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 2 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 31 Mar 2026 View ↗ IMG EVIDENCE OF NOTICE IN NEWSPAPER Application Information · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 27 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SPOT HEIGHTS Application Information · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF GREATER CAMBRIDGE DESIGN REVIEW PANEL REPORT MAY 2025 Panel Meeting · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF GREATER CAMBRIDGE DESIGN REVIEW PANEL REPORT AUGUST 2025 Panel Meeting · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF REVISED FRA AND SUDS STRATEGY P03 PT1 Application Information · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF REVISED FRA AND SUDS STRATEGY P03 PT2 Application Information · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF REVISED FRA AND SUDS STRATEGY P03 PT3 Application Information · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ACOUSTIC PLANNING REPORT Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF COVER EMAIL Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF GEOENVIRONMENTAL PHASE I DESK STUDY PART-2 Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE DESIGN REPORT Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF VISULATIONS Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF LIGHTING Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF OPERATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DISTRIBUTION CALCULATIONS Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL APPENDIX 1 Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL POLICY DOCUMENTS Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL TECHNICAL VISUALISATION TYPE 2 Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL TECHNICAL VISUALTION TYPE 4 Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL APPENDIX 4C Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPEAND VISUAL APPRAISAL APPENDIX EXISTING BASELINE Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL ZONE OF THEORETICAL VISIBILITY Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL ZONE OF VISUAL INFLUENCE Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 1-50 GEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETIVE REPORT Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 51-66 GEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETIVE REPORT Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 1-50 GEOENVIRONMENTAL PHASE I DESK STUDY Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 51-101 GEOENVIRONMENTAL PHASE I DESK STUDY Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PAGE 102-147 GEOENVIRONMENTAL PHASE I DESK STUDY Application Information · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

New Town And Glisson Road 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 ↗
Registered park or garden 91 m away: Botanic Garden, Cambridge
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
3 listed buildings within 150 m; National infrastructure project 288 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 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
Full Application
Received
17 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Oct 2025
Ward
Petersfield
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
28 Jul 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision (Area/Main)
Applicant
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Agent
Bidwells LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 284 days from validation, 224 days slower than Cambridge's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
8%go to committee

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

Public comments

16comments received
15 objecting1 supporting

94% object · above the UK average of 74%

138 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
4 Nov 2025
Committee
4 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
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%).

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

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