Planning application
Young Street Building Young Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of a roof top guardrail for safety improvements to roof top access.
As published by the council, reference 26/02570/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02570/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 7 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 28 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB1 2LZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02954/FUL Awaiting decision
Young Street Building Young Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LZ
Installation of roof top plant to facilitate mechanical ventilation installation
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Jul 2026
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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28 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Neobards Limited Agent, registered in Brentwood
Active · incorporated 2014 · Brentwood
17 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 64% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- SITE NOTICE
- CONSERVATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN LAYOUT
- EXISTING SECTIONS
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN LAYOUT
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING YOUNG STREET ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED YOUNG STREET ELEVATIONS
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 28 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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