Planning application
Imperial War Museum, North Site Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Replacement of the critical low voltage infrastructure to the North Site and the excavation and reinstatement of the required trench works across the North site to facilitate the installation of the required cables.
As published by the council, reference 26/01282/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01282/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 31 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 31 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 9 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Whittlesford
- Parish
- Whittlesford CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01283/LBC Granted
Imperial War Museum, North Site Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Replacement of the the critical low voltage infrastructure to the North Site.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Mar 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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9 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
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64 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- OFFICER REPORT
- EOT REQUEST
- TREES
- AMENDED ARBORICULTURAL IMPLICATIONS ASSESSMENT AND METHOD STATEMENT
- AMENDED TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- AMENDED COVERING EMAIL
- EOT REQUEST
- PARISH
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- LANDSCAPE
- CONTAMINATED LAND
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL OFFICER
- DRAINAGE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- SITE NOTICE
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND SERVICES AND DRAINS
- LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND SERVICES AND DRAINS
- NORTHSIDE TRENCHES SECTIONS AND DETAILS
- TRENCHES SLABS SECTIONS AND DETAILS SHEET 1
- TRENCHES SLABS SECTIONS AND DETAILS SHEET 2
- TRENCHES SLABS SECTIONS AND DETAILS
- LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND SERVICES AND DRAINS
- TRENCHES SLABS SECTIONS AND DETAILS
- TRENCHES SLABS SECTIONS AND DETAILS
- NORTHSIDE PLAN PROPOSED LV INFRASTRUCTURE CABLE ROUTES
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- FEEDER PILLAR A-B
- GROUND INVESTIGATION
- LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND SERVICES AND DRAINS
- STEEL SUPPORT FRAME SECTIONS AND DETAILS
- TX 5 SLAB PILLAR B SECTIONS AND DETAILS
- LOCATION PLAN
- LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND SERVICES AND DRAINS
- BUILDING 004 EXISTING BUILDING GA PLAN
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- ARBORICULTURAL IMPLICATIONS ASSESSMENT
- LV ENCLOSURE - INDICATIVE PHOTO
- SUB FEEDER PILLAR ENCLOSURE - INDICATIVE PHOTO
- MAIN FEEDER PILLAR ENCLOSURE - INDICATIVE PHOTO
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