Planning application
University Sports And Athletics Track Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Replacement of 12no. existing floodlights and columns serving the athletics track with 12no. new 18m columns with new LED luminaires, with associated works.
As published by the council, reference 26/00318/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00318/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 29 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 2 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Postcode
- CB3 0EQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jan 2026
Received by Cambridge
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2 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cambridge took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Carter Jonas LLP Agent
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
57 documents on file for this application
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- EOT REQUEST
- PUBLIC SPEAKER PHOTOGRAPHS
- PUBLIC SPEAKER PHOTOGRAPHS
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- ECOLOGY OFFICER
- LIGHTING ADDENDUM
- EOT REQUEST
- NORTH NEWNHAM RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
- NEWNHAM NORTH RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
- NEWNHAM NORTH RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
- NORTH NEWNHAM RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
- NORTH NEWTOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
- 12 PERRY COURT
- CONSERVATION
- EOT REQUEST
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HEIGHT
- AGENT EMAIL ON ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL DETAIL
- 18M TECHNICAL ILLUMINANCE REPORT
- AIMING PLAN
- 15M TECHNICALILLUMINANCE REPORT
- SIDE ELEVATION ATHLETICS TRACK
- AGENT EMAIL FOLLOWING OFFICER QUESTIONS
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- NORTH NEWNHAM RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
- NORTH NEWNHAM RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
- NORTH NEWNHAM RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION - OBJECTION
- 150 ADAMS ROAD
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- 12 PERRY COURT
- ECOLOGY
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID LETTER
- HERITAGE, DESIGN, ACCESS AND FLOOD RISK STATEMENT
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- FLOODLIGHTING INFORMATION
- LIGHTING IMPACT STATEMENT
- LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED FLOODLIGHTING
- LIGHT SPILL ASSESSMENT
- LIGHTING SHIELD
- ELEVATION OF COLUMNS
- EXISTING LIGHTING DETAILS
- LAMP INFORMATION
- LAMP INFORMATION
- REPLACEMENT FLOODLIGHTING
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL ASSESSMENT
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