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Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

Granted Cambridge 15/1200/FUL Full Application

Works: Extension

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Refurbishment of Gresham House to provide an additional 10 hotel bedrooms, extension to rear of Gresham House to provide an additional 21 hotel bedrooms, (subterranean) basement to Gresham House and provide a gym, dance studios and subterranean day spa facilities and a plant room, front extension to Gonville Hotel to provide a new dining area, and associated external works and landscaping.

As published by the council, reference 15/1200/FUL

Application record

Reference
15/1200/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Granted Permission
Received
3 Jul 2015
Validated
3 Jul 2015
Decided
4 Nov 2015
Ward
Trumpington
Decision by
Committee Decision (Area/Main)
Postcode
CB1 1LY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Cambridge register

This site has had 12 applications since 2015: 8 approved, 2 refused.

  • 26/03589/FUL Awaiting decision

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Single storey front extension to accommodate function/conference pavilion

    Submitted 21 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • 26/03590/FUL Awaiting decision

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Retrospective application for the permanent retention and use of the Sperry outdoor Dining Tent.

    Submitted 21 Sep 2026 Full applications
  • 24/1152/TTPO Refused

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    T1 - London - Trim by 2m - 2.5m all over to reduce the risk of falling branches onto customers parked cars or people. Reason - The tree is located in the car park of the Gonville Hotel. The tree is healthy but is in need of trimming back as there may be a danger of branches falling into the car park and onto guests cars.

    Decided 20 Dec 2024 Trees
  • 18/1781/CONDH Granted

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Submission of details required by condition 29 (Boundary Treatments) of planning permission 16/1764/S73

    Decided 3 Mar 2023 Conditions
  • 16/1764/CONDR Granted

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Submission of details required by condition 29 (Boundary Treatments) of planning permission 16/1764/S73

    Decided 3 Mar 2023 Conditions
  • 16/1764/CONDO Granted

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Submission of details required by condition 11 (Demolition/Construction Noise and Vibration) of planning permission 16/1764/S73

    Decided 10 Feb 2023 Conditions
  • 16/1764/CONDN Granted

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Submission of details required by condition 22 (non-masonry walling systems) of planning permission 16/1764/S73

    Decided 31 Jan 2023 Conditions
  • 18/1781/CONDG Granted

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Submission of details required by condition 29 (Traffic Management Plan) of planning permission 18/1781/FUL

    Decided 7 Feb 2023 Conditions
  • 16/1764/CONDM Granted

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Submission of details required by condition 37 (Management Plan) of planning permission 16/1764/S73

    Decided 22 Dec 2022 Conditions
  • 18/1781/CONDE Refused

    Gonville Hotel Gonville Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LY

    Submission of details required by condition 8 (Noise Insulation Scheme) of planning permission 18/1781/FUL

    Decided 6 Feb 2023 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Jul 2015

    Received by Cambridge

  2. 4 Nov 2015

    Decision issued: Granted Permission

  3. 18 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Carter Jonas LLP Agent

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Documents

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124 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Cambridge granted permission on 4 November 2015, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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