Planning application
49 New Square Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EZ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Partial removal of the boundary wall to Willow Walk to form parking area, and to New Square to form pedestrian gate.
As published by the council, reference 26/01310/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01310/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 2 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 20 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Market
- Postcode
- CB1 1EZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/01309/FUL Awaiting decision
49 New Square Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EZ
Single storey dwelling with basement, garden and off-street car parking on the land adjacent to No. 49 New Square
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Apr 2026
Received by Cambridge
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20 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 June 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
- Application: 26/01309/FUL (Awaiting decision)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Ashworth Parkes Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Babraham
Active · incorporated 2012 · Babraham
19 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 93% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
55 documents on file for this application
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- EOT REQUEST
- PUBLIC SPEAKER IMAGE
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- SOLICITORS ADVICE LETTER
- APPLICANT SUPPORTING LETTER
- DESCRIPTION OF SIGNFIICANCE
- NEW SQUARE JUNCTION PERSPECTIVES
- NORTH ELEVATION COMPARISON
- SOUTH ELEVATION COMPARISON
- RESPONSE TO CONSERVATION OFFICER
- DEMOLITION PLAN
- CONSERVATION
- EOT REQUEST
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- 7 WILLOW WALK
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID LETTER
- PROPOSED ELEVATION - EAST
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- SMALL SITES METRIC SUMMARY
- CERTIFICATE B NOTICE
- DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENT
- CARBON REDUCTION STATEMENT
- PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATION - SOUTH
- PROPOSED ELEVATION - SOUTH - SECTION AA
- PROPOSED STREET ELEVATION - NORTH
- PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATION - NORTH
- PROPOSED GARDEN ELEVATION - WEST
- PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATION - WEST
- PROPOSED ELEVATION - WEST SECTION BB
- PROPOSED M4(2) COMPLIANCE PLAN
- FORM_1_CIL_ADDITIONAL_INFORMATION
- LEGAL ADVICE LETTER
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACTS ASSESSMENT
- OWNERSHIP PLAN
- SITE PLAN EXISTING
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS EXISTING
- EXISTING SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED VISUALISATION AERIAL VIEW BASEMENT SCHEME
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED VISUALISATION NEW SQUARE JUNCTION
- PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN
- EXISTING EAST AND NORTH ELEVATIONS
- SITE PLAN PROPOSED
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED STREET ELEVATION - SOUTH
- LOCATION PLAN
- THE SMALL SITE METRIC
Trade members open them from here.
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 heritage and listed building applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About heritage and listed building applications
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