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 As published: 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
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