25 Portugal Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8AF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Lowering the basement floor and underpinning, enlarging 1no. new basement window at rear, partially removing internal chimney stacks, reinforcing and sound insulating internal floors, roof repair, re-cladding existing dormer window, constructing 1no. new dormer windows to rear and 3no. new rooflights to front, new staircase to loft. Installation of Air source heat pump. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 2
Other documents 4
Site constraints 6
Show the other 40 with distances
- 10 m9-14, Portugal PlaceGrade II
- 12 m28 and 29, Portugal PlaceGrade II
- 17 m16-18, Portugal PlaceGrade II
- 25 m8, Portugal PlaceGrade II
- 34 mThe Old VicarageGrade II
- 35 mChurch of St ClementGrade II*
- 48 m31 Thompson's LaneGrade II
- 51 m30, Thompson's LaneGrade II
- 54 mThe Baron of Beef Public HouseGrade II
- 56 m21-24, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 60 mThe Mitre Public HouseGrade II
- 61 m29, Thompson's LaneGrade II
- 65 mTelephone Kiosk Outside St Clement's ChurchGrade II
- 67 m25 and 26, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 77 m15 and 16, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 78 m19-44 Lower Park StreetGrade II
- 79 m16, ROUND CHURCH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 83 m29, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 84 m30, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 86 mK6 outside the Masters Lodge, St John's CollegeGrade II
- 93 mCambridge Union Society Building Union Society BuildingGrade II
- 109 mChurch of the Holy SepulchreGrade I
- 110 m5-10, Park StreetGrade II
- 112 mK6 Telephone kiosk on the Quayside pedestrian area, CambridgeGrade II
- 113 mSt John's College, Master's LodgeGrade II
- 128 mSt John's College, Gates of Chapel Court Yard Onto St John's StreetGrade II
- 130 mMagdalene Bridge the Great BridgeGrade II
- 130 mSt John's College, the Buildings Surrounding the First, Second and Third CourtsGrade I
- 132 m63-65, BRIDGE STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 133 mRichardson Candle group in St Johns Street and north Trinity StreetGrade II
- 134 m8 and 9, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 134 mUniversity Pitt ClubGrade II
- 136 mSt John's College, Stables of Master's LodgeGrade II
- 137 mMagdalene College, Bright's BuildingGrade II
- 137 m66, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 142 m14 and 15, St John's StreetGrade II
- 142 m67, Bridge StreetGrade II
- 146 mMagdalene College, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Garden on Magdalene StreetGrade II
- 149 m31, Magdalene StreetGrade II
- 149 mLittle TrinityGrade I
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 2
Last sold for £500,000 in February 2019. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 92 days from validation, 37 days slower than Cambridge's median of 55 for listed building works. Approved, as 97% of listed building works here are.
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.
7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Site or press notice
- 21 Nov 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 29 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
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
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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