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Addenbrookes, Bu41 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0QQ

26/03059/PRIORPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 October 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Proposal

Installation of 826 solar PV panels

Received
12 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queen Ediths
Agent
CC Town Planning
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Addenbrookes, Bu41 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0QQ. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
12 August 2026
Last date for comments
23 September 2026
Target decision date
7 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
CC Town Planning
Agent address
Thistledown Barn Holcot Lane Sywell Northampton NN6 0BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
17

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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