Planning application
Market Square, Market Hill, Wheeler Street, Guildhall Street And Corn Exchange Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Refurbishment of Market Square, Peas Hill and Guildhall Street, including: provision of cycle parking, erection and siting of replacement fixed and temporary market stalls, refurbishment of Grade II listed setts, works to listed fountain and railings, and additional landscaping, street furniture and associated works
As published by the council, reference 25/04382/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04382/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 21 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 21 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Market
- Decision by
- Committee Decision (Area/Main)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by Cambridge
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21 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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21 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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- Application: 25/04383/LBC (Awaiting decision)
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254 documents on file for this application
- COMMITTEE REPORT ADDENDUM SEPT COMMITTEE
- OFFICER REPORT - MARCH
- 6 EDWARD STREET
- CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION
- 6 GOLDING ROAD
- EOT REQUEST
- CAMCYCLE
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- LHA RESPONSE TO ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
- COUNTY ACTIVE TRAVEL OFFICER
- EHO - ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON GREEN ROOF
- LOCAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY
- LHA - APPENDICES RNIB POLICY STATEMENT
- LHA - APPENDICES RNIB POLICY STATEMENT
- LHA - APPENDICES RNIB POLICY STATEMENT
- DESIGN RESPONSE TO ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
- ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- PROPOSED KERBS (NORTH)
- PROPOSED KERBS (SOUTH)
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS (NORTH)
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS (SOUTH)
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FULL MARKET
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FIXED STALLS
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN LANDSCAPE PLAN
- PROPOSED KERBS (NORTH)
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FULL MARKET
- ROAD SAFETY AUDIT RESPONSE SHEET - LHA FINAL
- LANDSCAPE
- URBAN DESIGN
- MORTAR SPECIFICATION
- PUBLIC REALM MARKET HILL SOUTH CROSS SECTIONS 01 (SNOWY FARR)
- PUBLIC REALM MARKET HILL SOUTH CROSS SECTIONS 02 (SNOWY FARR)
- HOBSON'S CONDUIT TRUST
- HOBSON'S CONDUIT TRUST
- DAS ADDENDUM UPDATE
- PENDULUM SLIP TEST SUMMARY
- MARKET STALL SEDUM ROOF
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN LANDSCAPE PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FIXED STALLS
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FULL MARKET
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS (SOUTH)
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS (NORTH)
- PROPOSED KERBS (SOUTH)
- PROPOSED KERBS (NORTH)
- ACCESSIBILITY TESTING REV P04
- COVER EMAIL WITH AMENDMENTS
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- EHO - SEDUM ROOF
- 23 ROMSEY ROAD
- 23 ROMSEY ROAD
- LANDSCAPE
- MEMBER REPRESENTATION
- BREWBOARD, 4-5 PEAS HILL
- ECOLOGY
- URBAN DESIGN
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- PROPOSED KERBS SOUTH
- PROPOSED KERBS NORTH
- DRAINAGE
- CONFIRMATION RE THE GATES
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ACTIVE TRAVEL ENGLAND PLANNING
- ACCESSIBILITY TESTING
- PROPOSED PLANTING
- PROPOSED MARKET SQ SURFACING
- PROPOSED KERBS NORTH
- PROPOSED KERBS SOUTH
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS NORTH
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS SOUTH
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FULL MARKET
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FIXED STALLS.PDF
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN LANDSCAPE PLAN
- MARKET SQUARE EXISTING SURFACING
- EXISTING SURFACING
- EXISTING SURFACE MATERIAL
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- CANTELIVERED STALL DETAIL
- OPEN MARKET STALL
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- HERITAGE STATEMENT ADDENDUM FOR MARKET SQUARE - JUNE 2026
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT ADDENDUM JUNE 2026
- TS - APPENDIX E - ROAD SAFETY AUDIT BRIEF
- TS - APPENDIX D4 - SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS
- TS - APPENDIX D3 - SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS
- TS - APPENDIX D2 - SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS.
- TS - APPENDIX D1 - SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS
- TS - APPENDIX C - MEETING NOTES FROM CAMSIGHT AND GUIDEDOGS
- TS - APPENDIX B - GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN.
- TS - APPENDIX A - ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN
- 240070-CON-XX-XX-T-S-9008 - MARKET SQUARE MORTAR SPECIFICATION
- 240070-CON-XX-XX-T-S-9006 - FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT-1.4
- 1000_CCQ_MS_FOUNTAIN NOTE
- DAS ADDENDUM
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 09
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 08
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 07
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 06
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 05
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 04
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 03
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 21
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 20
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 02
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 19
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 18
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 17
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 16
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 15
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 14
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 13
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 12
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 11
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 10
- DAS ADDENDUM PART 01
- COVERING LETTER FINAL - MARKET SQ AMENDMENTS
- BNG METRICS
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN PLAN V3.0
- ACCESSIBILITY TESTING OF THE SETTS
- 284 MILTON ROAD
- 259 CHERRY HINTON ROAD
- PETITION
- PETITION
- SHARED SURFACE EXAMPLES
- SHARED SURFACE EXAMPLES
- SHARED SURFACE EXAMPLES
- SHARED SURFACE EXAMPLES
- 3 WINDERS LANE, HISTON
- 38 SPALDING WAY, CAMBRIDGE
- 11 PARKER STREET, CAMBRIDGE
- HIGHWAYS
- 26 HIGHFIELD AVENUE - HOBSON'S CONDUIT TRUST
- 6 EDWARD STREET
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- HE RESPONSE TO AGENT
- LANDSCAPE
- CONSERVATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- TEMPORARY MARKET STALL ANCHOR INSTALLATION PROPOSAL
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN LANDSCAPE PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN - FIXED STALLS
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS SOUTH
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS NORTH
- PROPOSED MARKET SQUARE SURFACING
- SETTS SAMPLE REPORT
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN - FULL MARKET
- RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- URBAN DESIGN
- SETT TRIALS - PEAS HILL
- SETT TRIALS - PEAS HILL
- DAY MANOEUVRES SWEPT PATHS
- MORNING MANOEUVRES SWEPT PATHS
- EMAIL RE SWEPT PATHS
- URBAN DESIGN
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- EOT REQUEST
- UTILITY SURVEY SHEEET 1
- UTILITY SURVEY SHEET 2
- UTILITY SURVEY SHEET 3
- MARKET SQUARE BOUNDARIES
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS NORTH
- PROPOSED MARKET SQUARE SURFACING
- HIGHWAYS EXTENT
- RESPONSE TO HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS NORTH
- PROPOSED MARKET SQUARE SURFACING
- TESTING METHODOLOGY OF THE SETTS
- PEAS HILL SETT TEST AREA
- RESPONSE TO HIGHWAYS - UPDATED
- RESPONSE TO LANDSCAPE - UPDATED
- RESPONSE TO URBAN DESIGN - UPDATED
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN - FIXED STALLS
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN - FULL MARKET
- ILLUSTRATIVE PAVING LAYOUTS
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS SOUTH
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS NORTH
- CYCLE PARKING BEYOND APPLICATION BOUNDARY
- AMENDMENTS COVER LETTER 23.02.2026
- PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
- OBSERVED DEFECTS FOUNTAIN BASE
- OBSERVED DEFECTS OBELISK
- PROPOSED REPAIRS FOUNTAIN BASE
- PROPOSED REPAIRS OBELISK
- ILLUSTRATIVE PAVING LAYOUTS
- FOUNTAIN STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT REPORT
- AMENDMENTS COVER LETTER
- HERITAGE RESPONSE: HISTORIC SETTS
- SUN EXPOSURE STUDY
- LANDSCAPE RESPONSE: STREET FURNITURE
- LANDSCAPE RESPONSE: PUBLIC BINS
- TREE PIT DRAWING - TYPE 03 PLANTERS
- TREE PIT DRAWING - STREET TREES
- TREE PIT DRAWING - TYPE 01 HISTORIC SETTS
- MARKET SQUARE SECTION
- PROPOSED MARKET SQUARE SURFACING
- EXISTING MARKET SQUARE SURFACING
- PROPOSED SERVICES DIAGRAMS
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- RESPONSE TO URBAN DESIGN
- RESPONSE TO LANDSCAPE
- RESPONSE TO HISTORIC ENGLAND
- RESPONSE TO HIGHWAYS
- RESPONSE TO CONSERVATION
- RESPONSE TO CONSERVATION - LISTED STRUCTURES
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- CONSERVATION
- CAM CYCLE
- 6 GOLDING ROAD
- TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE
- 23 ROMSEY ROAD
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- ACTIVE TRAVEL
- 19 RAMPTON DRIFT
- URBAN DESIGN
- LANDSCAPE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- DRAINAGE
- SUSTAINABILITY
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL OFFICER
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT FULL VERSION
- ECOLOGY
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS (SOUTH)
- PROPOSED HARDWORKS (NORTH)
- PROPOSED MARKET SQ SURFACING
- PROPOSED PLANTING PROPOSALS
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- TREE SURVEY & CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- ARBORICULTURAL ASSESSMENT LETTER- CAMBRIDGE CIVIC QUARTER
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 3
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 2
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 1
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN WITH PROPOSED DEMOLITIONS
- EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN WITH PROPOSED DEMOLITIONS
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS WITH PROPOSED DEMOLITIONS
- EXISTING SECTIONS WITH PROPOSED DEMOLITIONS
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN WITH PROPOSED DEMOLITIONS
- EXISTING SECTIONS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- TYPICAL MARKET STALL
- TYPICAL MARKET STALL DETAILS
- TYPICAL MARKET STALL - WALK-IN
- TYPICAL MARKET STALL DETAILS 2
- SECURITY GATE
- EXISTING SURFACE MATERIALS (SOUTH)
- EXISTING SURFACE MATERIALS (NORTH)
- MARKET SQUARE EXISTING SURFACING
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN LANDSCAPE PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FULL MARKET
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN FULL MARKET
- TREE PIT DRAWING - TYPE 01 - HISTORIC SETTS
- TREE PIT DETAILS - STREET TREES
- TREE PIT DRAWING - TYPE 03 - PLANTERS
- HERITAGE STATEMENT - OCTOBER 2025
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN PLAN
- BAT EMERGENCE SURVEY
- PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT (PART 1 OF 3)
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT (PART 2 OF 3)
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT (PART 3 OF 3)
- (1 OF 3) PART 1-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- (2 OF 3) PART 1-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- (3 OF 3) PART 1-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- (1 OF 4) PART 2-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- (2 OF 4) PART 2-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- (3 OF 4) PART 2-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- (4 OF 4) PART 2-STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT (PART 1 OF 2)
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT (PART 2 OF 2)
- (PART 1 OF 2) ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
- (PART 2 OF 2) ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
- CAMBRIDGE CIVIC QUARTER BNG
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