Planning application
St Johns College St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The application proposal relates to the installation of a temporary sample lighting track to be installed in one area only (between two existing hammerbeam trusses) of the Main Hall at St Johns College to investigate future lighting opportunities.
As published by the council, reference 26/02190/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02190/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 10 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB2 1TP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02189/FUL Awaiting decision
St Johns College St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP
Installation of a temporary sample lighting track to be installed in one area only (between two existing hammerbeam trusses) of the Main Hall at St Johns College to investigate future lighting opportunities.
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24/1231/TTCA Granted
St Johns College St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP
T281 - LONDON PLANE x 24ms high - Raise low crown over river to 4.5ms and remaining low crown to 3.5ms, T279 - self set YEW damaging river retaining wall x 6ms high - Remove, T290 - HOLLY x 9ms high - Raise crown to 4ms all round, T143 - SYCAMORE x 17ms high x 8ms crown spread - Reduce lateral growth both sides to provide 2ms clearance to buildings either side of tree, T137 - SYCAMORE x 12ms high - 60% dead from Sooty Bark Disease - reduce by 7ms to leave as a 5ms pollard, T44, T45, T46, T49, T50, T53 AND T54 - 7 ALDERS X 16ms high - Reduce heights by 4ms to leave at 12ms high to counter significant leans,
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22/00224/CONDB Granted
St Johns College St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 16 (BREEAM - Design Stage Certification) of planning permission 22/00224/S73
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20/03218/CONDD Granted
St Johns College St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP
Submission of details required by condition 3 (partial discharge) (Window details) of listed building consent 20/03218/LBC
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Jun 2026
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
AMA Chartered Architects Agent, an architecture practice
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17 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATION REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICATION VALID
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- INTERNAL ELEVATIONS
- FLOOR PLAN
- CROSS SECTION
- SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- DESIGN ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- DESIGN ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
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Cambridge granted permission on 3 August 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.
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