The statue has been removed after its owner lost an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate.
The Cambridge Don weights 3,000kg and was moved to the ground of Charter House in the city in March 2023However, planners earlier this year told the owners and property firm Unex the four-metre bronze figure breached planning regulations.Phil Rodgers, a political commentator
City councillor Katie Thornburrow previously described the statue, bearing a plaque naming the late Duke at its base, as "controversial". "Given its size and location in the New Town and Glisson Road conservation area it would have been unlikely to receive planning approval even if it had been sought because it would have contravened national and local planning policies."
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