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Anglia Ruskin University, Helmore Building East Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1PT

23/03791/PRIORPrior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 November 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 248.3sqm of roof mounted photovoltaic array(s) and associated infrastructure at the Helmore Building.

Received
6 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petersfield
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided30 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Anglia Ruskin University, Helmore Building East Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1PT. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 postcode area.

85% of outline applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB1 1PT
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2023
Consultation expiry
6 November 2023
Consultation start
16 October 2023
Consultation end
6 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2023
Last date for comments
6 November 2023
Target decision date
1 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vital Energi
Agent address
Century House Roman Road Blackburn BB1 2LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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