Corn Exchange 2 Wheeler Street, 3 And 3A Parsons Court Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3QB Data via plota.co.uk

25/04386/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Refurbishment and extension of the Corn Exchange including addition of PV panels, changes to public realm, and alterations and extension to 3 Parsons Court and 2 Wheeler Street including change of use to drinking establishment Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Nov 2025
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Validated
21 Nov 2025
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Consultation
4 Dec 2025
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Approved
1 Apr 2026

Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · Committee Decision (Area/Main) · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 56

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 27

PDF DRAINAGE Consultee Comments · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Application Information · 5 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE Consultee Comments · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY Consultee Comments · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY Consultee Comments · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 4 Design and Access Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 3 Design and Access Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 2 Design and Access Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 1 Design and Access Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CORN EXCHANGE NOISE ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT FOR CORN EXHANGE Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN PLAN Application Information · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF BAT EMERGENCE SURVEY Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PRELIIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT - CORN EXCHANGE - 31.10.25 Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF (1OF 3) PART 1-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF (2 OF 3) PART 1-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF (3 OF 3) PART 1-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF (1 OF 4) PART 2-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF (2 OF 4) PART 2-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF (3 OF 4) PART 2-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF (4 OF 4) PART 2--STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT (PART 1 OF 3) Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT (PART 2 OF 3) Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT (PART 3 OF 3) Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CAMBRIDGE CIVIC QUARTER BNG Application Information · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 20

PDF CADENT GAS Consultee Comments · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND Consultee Comments · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF URBAN DESIGN Consultee Comments · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF AMENDMENTS COVER LETTER Agent / Applicant Comments · 5 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH Consultee Comments · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comments · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND Consultee Comments · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF BNE - CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF URBAN DESIGN Consultee Comments · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE Consultee Comments · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE Consultee Comments · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF CADENT GAS Consultee Comments · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF CADENT GAS Consultee Comments · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF WASTE - SHARED SERVICE Consultee Comments · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COVER EMAIL REGARDING INVALID INFO Agent / Applicant Comments · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Licence at this address

  • Licence Corn Exchange Premises licence · in force since 3 Oct 2005 Licensed hours: alcohol until 23:00 (Thu-Sat 02:00, Sun midnight)

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: Corn Exchange
List entry 1126025 · The pin is inside its outline · 67 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 62 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 148 m away: King's College; Local nature reserve 455 m away: Sheep's Green and Coe Fen; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; National infrastructure project 1474 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
Full Application
Postcode
CB2 3QB
Received
11 Nov 2025
Validated
21 Nov 2025
Ward
Market
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Apr 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
1 Apr 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision (Area/Main)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Carter Jonas LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 131 days from validation, 69 days slower than Cambridge's median of 62 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
10%go to committee

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

Public comments

26comments received
23 objecting3 neutral

88% object · above the UK average of 74%

58 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
4 Dec 2025
Committee
25 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Refurbishment and extension of the Corn Exchange including addition of PV panels, changes…
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2025 Approved
Refurbishment and extension of the Corn Exchange including addition of PV panels, changes…
25/04387/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Refused
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Installation of 1 No. internally illuminated Fascia Sign.
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2025 Approved
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Installation of 3 No. halo externally illuminated fascia signs.
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2025 Approved
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Installation of 3 No. halo externally illuminated fascia signs.
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Cambridge
Planning Authority Score
8.3/10
Excellent
#18 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings