Planning application
3 Office First Floor Station Square Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2GB
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
S73 to vary condition 36 of ref:15/1759/FUL (The demolition of Murdoch House and the remains of the former Silo and the construction of two new mixed use buildings comprising 767sqm office floorspace (Class B1), 419sqm retail/cafe/restaurant floorspace (Class A1/A3) and 65 residential units for Block I1 and 473sqm retail/cafe/restaurant floorspace (Class A1/A3) and 24 residential units for Block K1, including ancillary accommodation/facilities with a single basement and 71 car parking spaces, with associated plant, 218 internal and external cycle parking spaces, and hard and soft landscaping) to replace the word 'excellent' to 'very good'.
As published by the council, reference 26/01189/S73
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01189/S73
- Type
- Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 25 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 22 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB1 2GB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Mar 2026
Received by Cambridge
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22 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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8 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 15/1759/FUL (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
27 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATION REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- EOT REQUEST
- EOT REQUEST
- SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER
- EOT REQUEST
- SUSTAINABILITY
- LANDSCAPE
- LANDSCAPE
- LANDSCAPE
- ECOLOGY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- URBAN DESIGN
- DRAINAGE
- CONSERVATION
- LLFA
- CAMBRIDGE CITY AIRPORT
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID CHASE
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 8 September 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 amendment applications
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