Planning application
Magdalene College, Pepys Building Magdalene Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AG
Works: Loft or dormer
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
S19 to vary condition 2 (Approved plans) of listed building consent 24/02047/LBC (Alterations to the existing listed building to include the following: formation of a new entrance and exhibition space for the Pepys Library, the formation of a Seminar Room, the provision of fully accessible areas within the ground and first floor, the provision of new mechanical and electrical installations and a strategy for sustainability and the care and conservation of the fabric of the Pepys Building, internally and externally) repositioning of a roof light intended to provide maintenance access to a roof valley gutter within the Left Cloister.
As published by the council, reference 26/01769/S19LB
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01769/S19LB
- Type
- Section 19 - Remove/Vary Condition (LB)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Decided
- 1 Jul 2026
- Ward
- West Chesterton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB3 0AG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 May 2026
Received by Cambridge
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1 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 24/02047/LBC (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Francis-Jones Carpenter Limited Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2010 · London
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATION REPORT
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- ROOF PLAN - PROPOSED
- EAST ELEVATIONS - PROPOSED
- APPLICATION FOR REPOSITIONING OF ROOFLIGHT
- ROOF PLAN - PROPOSED
- EAST ELEVATIONS - PROPOSED
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 1 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 condition discharge and variation applications
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