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Addenbrookes, Bu83 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0QQ

25/03666/PRIORPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of solar PV panels

Received
22 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queen Ediths
Agent
Navigate Planning Limited
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Addenbrookes, Bu83 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0QQ. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Queen Ediths. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 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
CB2 0QQ
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Last date for comments
29 October 2025
Target decision date
17 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Navigate Planning Limited
Agent address
12 Lynton Drive Ely CB6 1DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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