Planning application
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Reserved Matters Application pursuant to 16/0176/OUT for all matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) relating to the development of a mixed-use laboratory and office building (4000 Discovery Drive) including associated plant, access, car parking, cycle parking, landscaping, public open space, and other works, and the discharge of Conditions 8 (Transport spurs), 10 (Energy Demand), 14 (EV Charging), 31 (On Plot Cycle and Pedestrian Facilities), 33 (Car Parking Spaces), 36 (Disabled Car Parking Spaces), 37 (Cycle Parking Spaces), 39 (Ecological Conservation Management Plan), 41 (Drainage), 43 (Sustainability), 48 (Waste), and 49 (Landscape) of Planning Permission 16/0176/OUT.
As published by the council, reference 26/01066/REM
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01066/REM
- Type
- Approval of Reserved Matters
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 18 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 18 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Queen Ediths
- Decision by
- Joint Development Control committee
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 26 applications since 2020: 11 approved, 0 refused.
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16/0176/COND23D Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 23 (Submission of Site Investigation Report and Remediation Strategy) for Plot of 4000 Discovery Drive only of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
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16/0176/COND24C Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 24 (Implementation of Remediation) for Plot of 4000 Discovery Drive only of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
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16/0176/COND22C Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 22 (Submission of Preliminary Contamination Assessment) for Plot of 4000 Discovery Drive only of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
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16/0176/COND46C Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 46 (Foul Water Strategy) for Plot of 4000 Discovery Drive only of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
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16/0176/COND21F Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 21 (Contaminated Land - Gas Risk) for Plot of 4000 Discovery Drive only of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
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16/0176/COND45C Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 45 (Fire Hydrants) for Plot of 4000 Discovery Drive only of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
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16/0176/COND13A Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 13 (combustion plant - The Plot of MSCP only) of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
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16/0176/NMA4 Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Non material amendment of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT for a Revised Parameter Plan 2 (PP 2)(Maximum Building Heights)
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16/0176/COND25D Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 25 (Completion Report) relating to the plot of the multi storey car park of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
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16/0176/COND23C Awaiting decision
Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 23 (Submission of Site Investigation Report and Remediation Strategy) relating to the plot of the multi storey car park of outline planning permission 16/0176/OUT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Mar 2026
Received by Cambridge
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17 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/01066/NMA1 Awaiting decision
Site Of 4000 Discovery Drive Land South Of Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Non material amendment on application 26/01066/REM to make minor changes to 4000 Discovery Drive building design
- Application: 16/0176/OUT (Decided)
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Bidwells LLP Agent, registered in Cambridge
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
96 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- JOINT DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE REPORT
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- HOBSON'S CONDUIT TRUST
- EHO COMMENTS - FINAL
- SUSTAINABILITY CONDITIONS
- LLFA - TECHNICAL RESPONSE FROM APPLICANT
- LLFA
- URBAN DESIGN
- LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY
- ECOLOGY
- DRAINAGE TECHNICAL NOTE (PART 1)
- LETTER RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION 4000 DD (26.01066.REM)_20.05.2026
- DRAINAGE TECHNICAL NOTE (PART 2)
- WATERVOLENOTE
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN REVP3
- FIRST FLOOR PLAN REVP3
- SECOND FLOOR PLAN REVP3
- THIRD FLOOR PLAN REVP3
- FOURTH FLOOR PLAN REVP3
- FIFTH FLOOR PLAN REVP3
- PLANT LEVEL FLOOR PLAN REVP3
- ROOF LEVEL FLOOR PLAN REVP3
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS REVP4
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN REVP3
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT TEAM
- LANDSCAPE
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- BNE LANDSCAPE
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- URBAN DESIGN
- ECOLOGY
- TREES
- LLFA
- CAMBRIDGE CONSTABULARY
- SUSTAINABILITY
- ANGLIAN WATER
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- ARCHAEOLOGY COMMENTS
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- AIRPORT SAFEGUARDING
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- LANDSCAPE LEVELS
- LANDSCAPE IN CAMPUS CONTEXT
- LANDSCAPE SUBSTRATE DISTRIBUTION
- LANDSCAPE HARDWORKS PLAN
- LANDSCAPE KERB TYPES
- LANDSCAPE FURNITURE PLAN
- LANDSCAPE ROOTBARRIER PLAN
- LANDSCAPE FENCING PLAN
- LANDSCAPE SECTIONS-WESTERN RAIN GARDEN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE BOUNDARY SECTIONS NORTH SOUTH
- LANDSCAPE BOUNDARY SECTIONS WEST EAST
- LANDSCAPE SECTIONS-EASTERN RAIN GARDEN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- CONDITION 8 PROVISION OF TRANSPORT SPURS FOR PHASE 3
- FENCING DETAILS
- PLANING PLAN
- LANDSCAPE SPECIFICATION
- LANDSCAPE DESIGN REPORT
- LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLAN
- PHASING AND LOGISTICS PLAN
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING REPORT
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING STRATEGY
- LANDSCAPE SITE SECTIONS
- TREE PIT DETAILS
- SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- COVER LETTER
- INTERIM TRAVEL PLAN
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STATEMENT OF CONFORMITY
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- CLIMBER SUPPORT SYSTEM
- DRAINAGE STARTEGY REPORT
- ENERGY STRATEGY
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORT
- SECTION 1
- SECTION 2
- SITE LOCATION AND RESERVED MATTERS BOUNDARY PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE MASTERPLAN
- EXTERNAL STORE
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN STATEMENT
- SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
- WIND MICROCLIMATE ASSESSMENT
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Cambridge granted permission on 17 July 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.
About reserved matters applications
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