Planning application
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Relates to 26/00567/S73
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Submission of details required by condition 30 (Lighting Scheme) of planning permission 26/00567/S73
As published by the council, reference 26/00567/CONDC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00567/CONDC
- Type
- Condition request
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Postcode
- CB3 0AT
Comment by 2 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Cambridge's portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 8 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00567/CONDD Awaiting decision
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Submission of details required by condition 31 (EV Vehicle Charging Point Details) of planning permission 26/00567/S73
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26/00567/CONDA Awaiting decision
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Submission of details required by condition 15 (Biodiverse Roof) of planning permission 26/00567/S73
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26/00567/CONDB Awaiting decision
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Submission of details required by condition 18 (Design Stage BREEAM Assessment) of planning permission 26/00567/S73
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23/04037/CONDG Withdrawn
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Submission of details required by condition 18 (design stage BREEAM assessment) of planning permission 23/04037/FUL
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23/04037/CONDF Decided
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Submission of details required by condition 4 (sample panel) of planning permission 23/04037/FUL
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26/00567/S73 Granted
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
S73 to vary conditions 2 (approved drawings), 3 (approval of materials) and 28 (approval of details of the trellis on the northeastern boundary) of ref: 23/04037/FUL (Refurbishment and retrofit of existing building with new fourth storey, rooftop plant and rear extension, new cycle parking and landscaping adjacent to the building together with new cycle hub in existing basement car park under Castle Court) for removal of the substation, increase to the approved single storey flat roofed extension, cycle parking changes, removal of the approved bin storage, relocation of the disabled driver parking space, additional landscaping and minor alterations to windows and doors.
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23/04037/CONDA Decided
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Submission of details for part discharge of conditions 10 (traffic management plan), 24 (demolition/construction noise and vibration impact assessment) and 25 (airborne dust) of planning permission 23/04037/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2026
Received by Cambridge
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12 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 November 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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26/00567/S73 Granted
Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
S73 to vary conditions 2 (approved drawings), 3 (approval of materials) and 28 (approval of details of the trellis on the northeastern boundary) of ref: 23/04037/FUL (Refurbishment and retrofit of existing building with new fourth storey, rooftop plant and rear extension, new cycle parking and landscaping adjacent to the building together with new cycle hub in existing basement car park under Castle Court) for removal of the substation, increase to the approved single storey flat roofed extension, cycle parking changes, removal of the approved bin storage, relocation of the disabled driver parking space, additional landscaping and minor alterations to windows and doors.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cambridge for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cambridge decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 50 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Babbage House Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
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Submission of details required by condition 31 (EV Vehicle Charging Point Details) of planning permission 26/00567/S73
Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs -
2 Journey Campus Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
T1 (London plane) - Pruning Points 1 and 2: Pollard 2x long extending south facing branches arising from a common primary branch by removal of approximately 7-8m of branch lengh. Pruning point 3: Pollard the near vertical branch in the upper southwestern crown by removal of approx 3- 4m of lengh. All three pruning point to create a 2 - 2.25 clearance from the face of the building. To facilitate installation of scaffolding between the tree and the building. Tertiary branches to also be pruned back to the scaffold line where required, but only up to the height of the adjacent building Prune tertiary branch tips that are overhanging the building to have up to 1.5m clearance with top of building structure.
Granted Trees 8 docs -
1 Journey Campus Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Installation of a substation
Granted Full applications 24 docs -
4 Journey Campus Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AN
New cycle store and enclosure of existing cycle store to provide for new centralised waste storage
Granted Full applications 26 docs -
Castle Hill Castle Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire
T950 - Wild Cherry, Lift crown to achieve 2m clearance above ground level and carry out lateral reduction of northern crown to achieve 3m clearance from building. T951 - Norway Maple, Remove Ivy and epicormic regrowth at base and carry out lateral reduction of northern crown to achieve 2m clearance from building. T952 and T954 - Common Ash, Remove deadwood throughout crown. T953 - Cotoneaster, Remove to ground level. T955 - Common Lime, Crown lift to achieve 2m clearance from ground level and carry out lateral reduction of southern crown to achieve 1.5m clearance from building. G956 - Group of 1 Maple, 1 Pine and 2 Lime, Up to 30cm tip reduction on out of profile limbs. Removal of any crossing or defective branches to establish a basis of good structure for future development of tree crown. G958 - Group of 4 Cotoneaster, Sever Ivy at base and crown lift to maintain 2m clearance over lawn area.
Granted Trees 11 docs -
Castle Hill Castle Street Cambridge CB3 0AJ
T927 - Robinia, Fell and replant. T928 - Robinia, Install Cobra bracing between the 3 co-dominant stems prior to removal of T927. T934 - Robinia, Install Cobra bracing between 3 co-dominant leaders and remove damaged branch within crown. T936 - Robinia, Level 3 testing at base. T937 - Robinia, Fell and replant. T938 - Robinia, Remove deadwood overhanging road, carry out lateral reduction of the NW crown to maintain 2m clearance from building. T945 - London Plane, Remove deadwood throughout crown and carry out lateral reduction of western crown to achieve 2m clearance from building. T947 - Ash, Remove deadwood throughout lower crown and crown lift to achieve 2m clearance over bike shed and subs building. T920, T921, T922, T923 - Robinias, Carry out root collar excavation and raise crown to achieve 2m clearance above ground level. T924 - Robinia, Carry out root collar excavation, remove deadwood and prune SW crown to achieve 1m clearance, maintain crown height of 2m. T925 - Robinia, Maintain 2m clearance above ground level and carry out lateral reduction of NE crown to achieve 1.5m clearance from building. T929 - Robinia, remove epicormic regrowth on main stem. T930 - London Plane, Carry out lateral reduction of NE crown to provide 2m clearance from building and carry out a max 2.5m height and lateral reduction of the remaining crown. T931 - Robinia, Remove epicormic regrowth on main stem. T933 - Robinia, Carry out lateral reduction of NW crown to provide 2m clearance from building. T942 - Bird Cherry, Carry out 2m height and max 3m lateral reduction to achieve balanced crown, remove deadwood throught crown and install sufficient tree protections. T944 - London Plane, Maintain 4m clearance over road, carry out lateral reduction of SW crown to achieve 2m clearance from building. T949 - Mountain Ash, Carry out 1.5m lateral and height reduction to provide clearance from building and maintain suitable crown size.
Granted Trees 12 docsSmall domestic
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