St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Approved on 7 October 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Installation of 48 solar panels
- Received
- 12 August 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Newnham
- ReceivedReceived12 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation17 Sep
- TargetTarget Date8 Oct
- DecidedDecided7 Oct
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 postcode area.
90% of full 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
- CB3 9DH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 August 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 September 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 October 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 August 2026
- Site notice start
- 20 August 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Cambridge
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 08/2017Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Cambridge
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