Planning application
Botanical Gardens, Plant Growth Facility Department Of Plant Science Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LR
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of a new stand-by Generator and acoustic enclosure at the Sainsbury Laboratory to serve Building B in mains fail conditions.
As published by the council, reference 26/03042/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/03042/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 11 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Postcode
- CB2 1LR
Comment by 17 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Cambridge's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2026
Received by Cambridge
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 October 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
Agent on file, a developer
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
- DRAINAGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- CONSERVATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- CADENT GAS
- CADENT GAS
- RECEIPT
- APPLICATION VALID
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- DESIGN ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- GENERAL ARRANGEMENT ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED BULK STORAGE TANK
- PROPOSED GENERATOR ACOUSTIC ENCLOSURE
- PROPOSED PRIME RATED GENERATOR
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- ST MARYS SCHOOL NOTICE AUGUST 26
Trade members open them from here.
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