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Land North East Of Weald Farm Cambridge Road Eynesbury

23/70048/SCREScreeningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 September 2023

Council decision: IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Screening Request for the proposed development of a photovoltaic (PV) solar farm, with capacity up to 49.9 megawatts (MW) and up to 50MW of battery storage

Received
9 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Paxton
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated31 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land North East Of Weald Farm Cambridge Road Eynesbury. Huntingdonshire has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Huntingdonshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Great Paxton.

75% of outline applications at Huntingdonshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Screening
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Abbotsley

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 August 2023
Target decision date
30 November 2023
Permission expires
21 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stantec
Agent address
Stantec 7 Soho Square London W1D 3QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Huntingdonshire

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