Planning application
Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Works: Demolition
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Proposal
Outline planning application with all matters reserved for a mixed-use redevelopment of Cambridge Science Park in separate and severable components each representing severable permitted areas comprising: Flexible employment uses including research and development, office, and workspace, industrial and storage (including data) uses (Use Classes E(g), B2, B8 and sui generis), Flexible Class E, Class F1 and F2, C1 (hotel) and Sui Generis (bar and hot food takeaway) uses to support the operation of the wider Science Park, Highway works, including new vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian roads and paths, and car and cycle parking facilities including mobility hubs with associated electric vehicle charging infrastructure, Landscape and public realm, including areas for sustainable urban drainage systems, biodiversity areas, outdoor play and sports facilities (Use Class F2(c)), Utility, energy, and water facilities and infrastructure, together with enabling, site clearance, demolition and associated works, including temporary meanwhile uses (this includes application ref: 26/01902/OUT).
As published by the council, reference 26/01872/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01872/OUT
- Type
- Outline Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 18 May 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Ward
- East Chesterton
Comment by 16 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Cambridge's portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026.
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26/02363/SCRE Awaiting decision
Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for proposed dry lab, workspaces and ancillary facilities.
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26/01685/SCOP Decided
Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
EIA Scoping Opinion request pursuant to Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) Proposed Development consists of a full planning application for the northern plot for a landmark building/multi-tenant lab building, multi-storey car park and highway works and outline planning application (all matters reserved apart from access) for the southern plot for two office/research/development buildings, The Trinity Centre and Cambridge Science Centre.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 May 2026
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 July 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: 26/01902/OUT (Awaiting decision)
Who's behind it
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DP9 Ltd Agent
Active · incorporated 2004
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
180 documents on file for this application
- PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN
- TTC CONSERVATION AND HE CONSULTATION RESPONSE LETTER
- HTVIA ES ADDENDUM
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX 03-PHOTOS (VP35-37)
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX-06
- LVIA ADDENDUM
- LVIA-APPENDIX-04-LS-SCOPING
- LAND USES PARAMETER PLAN
- LAYOUT PARAMETER PLAN
- PLANNING STATEMENT ADDENDUM
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- DESIGN CODES
- COVERING LETTER - AMENDMENTS V2 - CCC
- COVERING LETTER - AMENDMENTS V2 SCDC
- ECOSYSTEM NOTE
- DEVELOPMENT ZONE PARAMETER PLAN
- GREEN & BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE PARAMETER PLAN
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- TA AND PMP COMMENTS RESPONSE
- DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICATION V3 FINAL
- OUTLINE PUBLIC ART STRATEGY V2
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX 03-PHOTOS (VP19-21)
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX 03-PHOTOS (VP22-29)
- LVIA-APPENDIX-01-METHODOLOGY
- LVIA-APPENDIX-02-FIGURES
- FRAMEWORK PARAMETER PLAN
- MAXIMUM HEIGHTS PARAMETER PLAN
- ACCESS AND MOVEMENT PARAMETER PLAN
- EIA ADDENDUM REPORT_FINAL
- EIA NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY TECHNICAL NOTE
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX 03-PHOTOS (VP10-12)
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX 03-PHOTOS (VP15-17)
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX 03-PHOTOS (VP2-9)
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX 03-PHOTOS (VP30-34)
- ADDENDUM-APPENDIX-07
- LVIA-APPENDIX-05-LS-PPA
- UTILITIES STATEMENT REPORT
- EOT REQUEST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 4
- ECOLOGY REPORT
- SUPERSEDED ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 2
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 3
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 5
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 6
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 7
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 8
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 9
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 10
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 11
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 12
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 13
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 14
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 15
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 16
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 17
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 18
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 19
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 20
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 21
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 22
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 23
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 24
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 25
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 26
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 27
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 2 PART 28
- FEE CALCULATION
- ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY APPRAISAL
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE PART 1
- FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE PART 2
- FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE PART 3
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN CODE
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN CODE
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN CODE
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN CODE
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN CODE
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN CODE
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN CODE
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- 24032_01_DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT_PART 4
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN CODE
- SITE WIDE TRAVEL PLAN
- COVERING LETTER
- SUPERSEDED DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICATION
- SUPERSEDED PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT (PART 1 OF 2)
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 3
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- MINUTES OF LANDSCAPE - RELATED PPA MEETINGS
- OUTLINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN PART 1
- OUTLINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN PART 2
- OUTLINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN PART 3
- OUTLINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN PART 4
- OUTLINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN PART 5
- OUTLINE OPERATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
- OUTLINE SITE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN
- SUPERSEDED OUTLINE PUBLIC ART STRATEGY
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 3 TECHNICAL APPENDICES APPENDIX AIR QUALITY
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- TRAFFIC AND MOVEMENT
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- APPENDIX EIA METHODOLOGY
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT 1 OF 2
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT 2 OF 2
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN APPRAISAL
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- USER GUIDE
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT
- ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT
- ENERGY STATEMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 2 - EIA METHODOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 3 - ALTERNATIVES AND DESIGN EVOLUTION
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 5 - DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 6 - SOCIO-ECONOMICS
- SUPERDED CHAPTER 7 - HEALTH
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 8 - TRAFFIC AND MOVEMENT
- CHAPTER 9 - AIR QUALITY
- SUPERSEDED ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 10 - NOISE AND VIBRATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 11 - ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 12 - WATER RESOURCE, FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 13 - CLIMATE CHANGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 14 - EFFECT INTERACTIONS
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 15 - SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 16 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, MITIGATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 1 - CHAPTER 4 - PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX 02-FIGURES
- APPENDIX 03-PHOTOS AND AVRS (VP10-12)
- APPENDIX 03-PHOTOSHEETS AND AVRS (VP15-17)
- APPENDIX 03-PHOTOSHEETS AND AVRS (VP19-21)
- APPENDIX 03-PHOTOSHEETS AND AVRS (VP2-9)
- APPENDIX 03-PHOTOSHEETS AND AVRS (VP22-29)
- APPENDIX 03-PHOTOSHEETS AND AVRS (VP30-34)
- APPENDIX 03-PHOTOSHEETS AND AVRS (VP35-37)
- APPENDIX 01 DETAILED METHODOLOGY
- APPENDIX 04 CORRESPONDENCE
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PHASE 1 PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT
- SUPERSEDED PARAMETER PLANS
- SUPERSEDED PARAMETER PLANS
- SUPERSEDED PARAMETER PLANS
- SUPERSEDED PARAMETER PLANS
- SUPERSEDED PARAMETER PLANS
- SUPERSEDED PARAMETER PLANS
- SUPERSEDED PARAMETER PLANS
- SITE LOCATION PLAN EXISTING
- SITE PLAN EXISTING WITH LEVELS
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT (PART 2 OF 2)
- TREE SURVEY
- SUPERSEDED UTILITIES STATEMENT REPORT
- WORKFORCE ACCESSIBILITY
- STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC
- CAMBRIDGE INDEPENDENT FRONT PAGE MAY 13TH 2026
- CAMBRIDGE INDEPENDENT PAGE 66 MAY 13TH 2026
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