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43 High Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5HA

25/00478/SONInstall/Alter/Replace Solar PhotovoltaicApproved

Approved on 1 July 2025

Council decision: Not required - Prior NotificationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

71 kWp roof-top solar PV installation comprising of 142 x 500Wp PV panels not exceeding 0.2m in height from the existing plane of the roof

Received
6 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at 43 High Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5HA. East Cambridgeshire has handled 4,241 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Soham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Soham South. We hold 653 applications in total for the CB7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CB7 5HA
Application type
Install/Alter/Replace Solar Photovoltaic
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2025
Consultation expiry
6 June 2025
Consultation start
1 July 2025
Consultation end
30 May 2025
Target decision date
1 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Ms Julie Karly Sunbeam House Broombank Road Chesterfield S41 9QJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 May 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 June 2025
Site notice start
15 May 2025
Site notice end
6 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13986531
Documents
11
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Soham
  • Listed building: Church of St AndrewOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Soham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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

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© 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.

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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