Planning application
Downing Site, The Sedgwick Museum Of Earth Sciences Downing Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3EQ
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Provision for the safe extraction of all asbestos in the ceiling voids and walls, Demolition of existing non-load bearing internal walls, MEP alterations, Re-design of third floor internal layout and Improving the thermal performance and comfort of the space through a retrofit approach.
As published by the council, reference 24/03552/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 24/03552/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 20 Sep 2024
- Validated
- 20 Sep 2024
- Decided
- 14 Nov 2024
- Ward
- Market
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB2 3EQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02469/LBC Granted
Downing Site, The Sedgwick Museum Of Earth Sciences Downing Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3EQ
Installation of a lifting platform on ground floor and associated works
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Sep 2024
Received by Cambridge
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14 Nov 2024
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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7 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Head of Estates Agent, a developer
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- 1 EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- 2 EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- 1 EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN DEMOLITION PLAN
- 2 EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN DEMOLITION PLAN
- SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- 1 PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- 2 PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
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Cambridge granted permission on 14 November 2024, 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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