Planning application
21 - 23 West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP
Works: Windows or glazing Small domestic
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Refurbishment and internal reconfiguration of nos. 21 and 23 West Road to include replacement windows, rainwater goods, removal of the external fire escape and installation of an internal stair, conversion of an existing garage to a plant room, erection of a single storey link pavilion to provide a new entrance, study spaces, and level access between the two buildings, conversion of the existing Fellows set into a flexible, self-contained accessible unit with associated ramped access, improvements to thermal efficiency, and associated landscaping.
As published by the council, reference 25/04889/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04889/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 17 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 17 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 28 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB3 9DP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Dec 2025
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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28 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Owers Warwick Architects Agent, an architecture practice
Active · incorporated 1991
1 application on PlanIndex
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57 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- TREES
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- ECOLOGY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- SUSTAINABILITY
- EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT
- BAT SURVEY REPORT
- COVERING LETTER AMENDED PLANS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED EXTERNAL PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - NORTH AND SOUTH
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - EAST AND WEST
- SITE SECTIONS
- LETTER OF APPLICATION RESUBMISSION
- ECOLOGY
- COLLEGE RESPONSE TO PUBLIC BENEFIT VS HARM
- COLLEGE RESPONSE TO PUBLIC BENEFIT VS HARM
- EMAIL FROM APPLICANT WITH FURTHER JUSTIFICATION AND QUESTIONS
- ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL FOR SELWYN COLLEGE
- BIODIVERSITY METHOD STATEMENT FOR SELWYN COLLEGE
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- TREES
- ECOLOGY
- SUSTAINABILITY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- SITE NOTICE
- ECOLOGY BNG METRIC
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- DRAINAGE PLANNING STATEMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS AND SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- COVERING LETTER
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING ROOF FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS - NORTH AND SOUTH
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS - EAST AND WEST
- PLANNING AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
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Cambridge granted permission on 28 August 2026, 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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