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Main pages: Where things stand (home). Press. Campaign Statements. The hearing. The call in. The application. The evidence: heritage harm; daylight; alternatives. Documents. News. Campaign Newsletters and Posters. Act. FAQ. In the College's own words. Cambridge objects. The fact checks: the College's claims; The Observer (archived). Campaign posters. Support the SoS call-in.
Home page sections: Where things stand; Stay with us; The scheme; The frozen permission; The latest; The Court case; Judicial Review: The Record; In the College's Own Words; Holding the College and the Council to Account; Heritage Harm; Daylight & Sunlight; The claims, set beside the documents; Alternatives; Campaign Posters; Press; Cambridge objected; FAQ.
Document library: the groups of the Documents page (section 13): the Court record; our papers of 25 September 2026; the objections and expert reports; the Council's documents; the consultees; the College's documents; the call in papers; the newsletters.
Document pages, each with its original PDF: "Christ’s College Vetoed a Public Record. Cambridge City Council Agreed.": our newsletter of 17 July 2026; "‘Just Sandwiches’? How Tesco and the Council Rewrote the Rules": our newsletter of 17 February 2026; Our covering email of 1 October 2026; "Christ's College's Brick Curtain - a 'Gift' to the City": our newsletter of 14 October 2025; "Breaking: Starbucks Closes on Christ’s Lane ...": our newsletter of 24 October 2025; "10am Guildhall: the public hearing the College tried to avoid": our newsletter of 28 July 2026; "Tomorrow at the Guildhall 10am: Save the Heart of Cambridge": our newsletter of 28 October 2025; "Breaking News: Christ’s College Library Plans Hit Sewage Wall": our newsletter of 3 September 2025; "Outrage in the Guildhall: ‘Rigged’ Christ’s College Vote Leaves Cambridge Stunned": our newsletter of 30 October 2025; "Cambridge on the Line: Christ's College vs. the Public Realm": our newsletter of 31 August 2025; "Urgent appeal: please email the Planning Committee today": our newsletter of 6 October 2026; "Cambridge council caught misleading its own planning committee. Now it is gagging the residents who caught it.": our press release of 5 October 2026; Our statement of 16 August 2026 on the death of Professor Jason Arday; "The Council lost once. Now it is rushing to approve the same building": our newsletter of 1 October 2026; Alec Forshaw: Heritage Appraisal (25/02161/FUL); Alec Forshaw: Heritage Appraisal (26/02109/FUL); Alec Forshaw’s further comments, 5 October 2026; Breaking: the Secretary of State freezes the Christ’s College library permission: our newsletter of 14 October 2026; Cambridge Past, Present & Future (26/02109/FUL); Christ’s College v the Court, the Experts and the City; Consent Order signed by the College and the Council, with the Council’s covering letter; Court Order: Permission for Hearing; Create Streets’ review and alternative design, October 2025; Daylight, Sunlight & Overshadowing: An Independent Expert Review; eb7’s letter on daylight, 5 October 2026; Exhibit D6 to the alternatives paper: College publications and pages; Exhibit D7 to the alternatives paper: the Council’s email of 9 April 2026 on the benches; Exhibit D8 to the alternatives paper: the College’s masterplan; Exhibit D9 to the alternatives paper: the closure of the cafe at 6 Christ’s Lane; Exhibit E3b to the record of the Forum: the light in the lane at night; Exhibit F1 to the map record: the Appraisal’s townscape map, St Andrew’s Street; Exhibit F2 to the map record: the Appraisal’s townscape map, Drummer Street and Christ’s Lane; Exhibit F3 to the map record: the view of Cambridge of 1575; Exhibit H1 to Annex H: Historic England’s disclosure extracts; Exhibit H2 to the alternatives paper: Historic England’s disclosure extracts; Exhibit H3 to the conservation officer letter: Historic England’s disclosure, pages 4 and 14; Exhibit H4 to the conservation officer letter: the Council’s report of 5 November 2002; Exhibit H5 to the conservation officer letter: an article of 2001 on the Appraisal; Exhibit M1 to the minutes letter: the case officer’s email of 31 July 2026; Exhibit R1 to the register integrity letter: the Council’s correspondence to us; Exhibit R3 to the register integrity letter: our record of the College’s public meeting of 6 July 2026, as sent to the Council; Exhibit S17/1 to the sustainability evidence: transcript extract, 6 July 2026; Exhibit S24/1 to the design paper: the Council’s emails of September 2025 on Policy 60; Exhibit S24/2 to the design paper: the committee record of 29 October 2025; Exhibit T1 to the determination timing letter: the Council’s response of 26 August 2026; Exhibit TP1 to the committee papers letter: the case officer’s emails of October 2025; Exhibit TP2 to the committee papers letter: South Cambridgeshire District Council’s summary grounds, extract; Exhibit TP3 to the committee papers letter: the applicant’s comments on the 2025 report; hgh Consulting’s letter and summary of eight criticisms of the report, 4 October 2026; Historic England, 27 August 2026; Historic England, 8 July 2026; Historic England: First Advice (25/02161/FUL & 26/02109/FUL); Historic England: Second Advice (25/02161/FUL & 26/02109/FUL); Historic England’s response to CLAG, 28 September 2026; John Preston’s note on the report’s treatment of heritage harm and benefit, 4 October 2026; John Preston’s objection to the second application, 21 July 2026; Judicial Review Facts and Grounds; Judicial review summary; MICA Architects’ masterplan page for Christ’s College, captured 25 July 2026; Our fact sheet of 5 October 2026; Our letter to Democratic Services, 30 September 2026; Our letter to the Chair of the Planning Committee and the Joint Director of Planning, 5 October 2026; Our notice of intended proceedings, 29 September 2026; Our objection to the first application, 2025; Our objection to the second application, 10 July 2026, with the Statement of Facts and Grounds; Our print of the Council’s planning register, 4 October 2026; Our response to the report and the Amendment Sheet, 7 October 2026; Our slides for the Development Control Forum, 29 July 2026; Our supplementary notice of intended proceedings, 5 October 2026; Our written statement for the Planning Committee of 7 October 2026; Public Questions to Full Council, 16 July 2026; Residents have been blocked and backdated by Cambridge Council: our newsletter of 5 October 2026; Rick Mather Architects’ feasibility study, 2 March 2010; Substantive Hearing Listed: 20 October 2026; The 2025 report to the Planning Committee, 29 October 2025; The alternatives, justification and public benefits paper, 25 September 2026; The Amendment Sheet for the Planning Committee of 29 October 2025; The Amendment Sheet for the Planning Committee of 7 October 2026; The avoidance and justification letter, 25 September 2026; The Bradwell’s Court Planning and Design Brief, adopted 5 November 2002; The Bursar’s Email and the Consent to Quash It Kept Very Quiet; The case officer’s acknowledgement of the direction, 14 October 2026; The College’s agent’s letter on the Framework of 17 August 2026, 27 August 2026; The College’s agent’s letter, 1 August 2026; The College’s agent’s letter, 26 September 2025; The College’s agent’s response to the Victorian Society, 9 July 2026; The College’s architects’ response to the Victorian Society, July 2026; The College’s Open Meeting: The Record; The committee papers letter, 25 September 2026; The conditions paper, Annex G, 25 September 2026; The conservation officer’s comments, 13 July 2026; The conservation officer’s comments, 26 August 2026; The conservation officer’s response, 18 September 2025; The Council’s minutes of the Development Control Forum of 29 July 2026; The Council’s report of 2004 on Bradwell’s Court; The Council’s report of 31 August 2016 on 16/0405/FUL; The Council’s trees officer, 9 February 2026; The Court correspondence of 22 to 29 September 2026; The decision notice of 7 November 2025; The decisions list of the Planning Committee, 7 October 2026; The design and development plan paper, 25 September 2026; The determination timing letter, 25 September 2026; The document accuracy letter, 25 September 2026; The Gardens Trust, 3 September 2026; The Gardens Trust, 6 July 2026; The harm register, Annex C, 25 September 2026; "The High Court hears our case tomorrow at 10.30 am. Be in the room.": our newsletter of 19 October 2026; The Historic Core Conservation Area Appraisal: Drummer Street and Christ’s Lane; The Historic England file, Annex H, 25 September 2026; The Joint Planning Brief for Bradwell’s Court, second draft, March 2002; The letter to the case officer, 25 September 2026; The letter to the conservation officer, 25 September 2026; The letter to the environmental health officer, 25 September 2026; The map record, Annex F, 25 September 2026; The minutes letter, 25 September 2026; The officer’s report to the Planning Committee, 28 September 2026; The order of Sir Peter Lane, 29 September 2026; The Planning Casework Unit’s letter to the group, 13 October 2026; The Planning Committee of 7 October 2026: approved again; The record of the Development Control Forum of 29 July 2026; The register integrity letter, 25 September 2026; The Secretary of State’s direction of 13 October 2026, the full text; The Secretary of State’s direction, 13 October 2026; The Statement That Calls Harm a Benefit; The sustainability evidence, 25 September 2026; The ten errors in the report, on two pages, 7 October 2026; The Victorian Society (25/02162/LBC); The Victorian Society (26/02109/FUL); The Victorian Society to the College’s agent (26/02109/FUL); Two Hours at the Guildhall: the Development Control Forum, 29 July 2026.; "Watch this space": our newsletter of 9 October 2026; "Your name on the Christ’s College petition: reply by Wed 1 July only if you want out": our newsletter of 28 June 2026
The first permission is quashed. The second is frozen.
On Tuesday 20 October 2026 the High Court quashed the first approval, 25/02161/FUL, on all four grounds of our claim. The Secretary of State has frozen the permission. On 13 October she directed the Council not to grant it without her authorisation while she considers whether to call the application in, six days after the identical application 26/02109/FUL was controversially approved. If you would like to support a call in, write to us and we will tell you how.
Email residents@christs-lane.com.