Planning application
Lichfield House Rustat Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3RD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for retention of the existing masonry outer leaf, with localised removal and reinstatement of brickwork where required to facilitate the installation of new cavity barriers and fire-stopping measures, removal of the existing weatherboard cladding system and replacement with a new non-combustible cladding build-up, including calcium silicate sheathing board, Tyvek breather membrane, non-combustible support framework, cavity barriers, fire-stopping measures, EPDM membranes and associated trims, removal of existing timber balcony decking and privacy screen boards and replacement with non-combustible composite decking and aluminium privacy screen systems, removal of existing timber screen boards to bin and cycle stores and removal of timber soffit boards to entrance canopies, with replacement non-combustible aluminium screen profiles and composite soffit boards installed and associated installation of cavity barriers and fire-stopping measures where required within the external wall construction.
As published by the council, reference 26/02826/CL2PD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02826/CL2PD
- Type
- Lawful Use Certificate (S192)
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 27 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Coleridge
- Postcode
- CB1 3RD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jul 2026
Received by Cambridge
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 September 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
BM3 Architecture Lid Agent, an architecture practice
6 applications on PlanIndex
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- WEST PLANNING ELEVATION LEFT SIDE
- WEST PLANNING ELEVATION RIGHT SIDE
- NORTH PLANNING ELEVATION
- EAST PLANNING ELEVATION RIGHT SIDE
- EAST PLANNING ELEVATION LEFT SIDE
- SOUTH PLANNING ELEVATION
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED TYPICAL REMEDIAL CLADDING DETAILS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED TYPICAL REMEDIAL CLADDING DETAILS
- PROPOSED JUNCTION DETAILS
- SOUTH PLANNING ELEVATION
- EAST PLANNING ELEVATION
- NORTH PLANNING ELEVATION
- WEST PLANNING ELEVATION
- LITCHFIELD HOUSE COVER LETTER
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cambridge for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cambridge decided lawful development applications in a median of 54 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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Bailey House Block 26-65 Rustat Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3PG
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for the retention of the existing masonry outer leaf, with localised removal and reinstatement of brickwork where required to facilitate the installation of new cavity barriers and fire-stopping measures, removal of the existing weatherboard cladding system and replacement with a new non-combustible cladding build-up, including calcium silicate sheathing board, Tyvek breather membrane, non-combustible support framework, cavity barriers, fire-stopping measures, EPDM membranes and associated trims, removal of existing timber balcony decking and privacy screen boards and replacement with non-combustible composite decking and aluminium privacy screen systems, removal of existing timber screen boards to bin and cycle stores and removal of timber soffit boards to entrance canopies, with replacement non-combustible aluminium screen profiles and composite soffit boards installed and associated installation of cavity barriers and fire-stopping measures where required within the external wall construction.
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Bailey House Block 66-89 Rustat Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3PG
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for the retention of the existing masonry outer leaf, with localised removal and reinstatement of brickwork where required to facilitate the installation of new cavity barriers and fire-stopping measures, removal of the existing weatherboard cladding system and replacement with a new non-combustible cladding build-up, including calcium silicate sheathing board, Tyvek breather membrane, non-combustible support framework, cavity barriers, fire-stopping measures, EPDM membranes and associated trims, removal of existing timber balcony decking and privacy screen boards and replacement with non-combustible composite decking and aluminium privacy screen systems. removal of existing timber screen boards to bin and cycle stores and removal of timber soffit boards to entrance canopies, with replacement non-combustible aluminium screen profiles and composite soffit boards installed and associated installation of cavity barriers and fire-stopping measures where required within the external wall construction.
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