Planning application
1 Journey Campus Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of a substation
As published by the council, reference 26/00635/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00635/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 18 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 18 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 24 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB3 0AT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Feb 2026
Received by Cambridge
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24 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATION REPORT
- EOT REQUEST
- PLACE SERVICES - TREES
- REVISED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLANS AND ELEVATIONS - SUBSTATION
- REVISED TREE PROTECTION SCHEME
- REVISED ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- LANDSCAPE
- DRAINAGE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- CONSERVATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- GENERAL ARRANGEMENT - SUBSTATION LOCATION PLAN
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- TREE PROTECTION SCHEME
Trade members open them from here.
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Cambridge granted permission on 24 June 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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