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40 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE

23/01497/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 July 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of solar panels on the garden-facing barn roof.

Received
20 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Mordens
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at 40 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE. South Cambridgeshire has handled 754 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Steeple Morden St Peter and St Paul's conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Mordens. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.

98% of heritage applications at South Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG8 0PE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Steeple Morden CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2023
Consultation expiry
21 June 2023
Consultation start
22 May 2023
Consultation end
13 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2023
Last date for comments
21 June 2023
Target decision date
11 July 2023
Permission expires
11 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
21 June 2023
Site notice start
25 May 2023
Site notice end
16 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
21
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Steeple Morden - St Peter and St Paul
  • Listed building: Grade II: 40, Hay StreetOn this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    20 Apr

    Installation of solar panels on the garden-facing barn roof.

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside23/01496/HFUL
  2. 2023
    20 Apr

    Installation of solar panels on the garden-facing barn roof.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/01497/LBC

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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