Planning application
2 And 3 Melbourne Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of the existing internal staircase serving the ground and first floors, together with the installation of a new replacement staircase and associated first-floor structural alterations and creation of a new opening between No. 2 and No. 3 at first-floor level.
As published by the council, reference 26/02576/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02576/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 7 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Market
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB1 1EQ
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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27 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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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- DESIGN ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- AMENDMENTSUMMARY
- LOCATION AND SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR PLANS
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Cambridge granted permission on 27 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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