Old Farm Business Centre Church Road Toft Cambridgeshire
Approved on 17 August 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of Solar Photovoltaic panels to an existing business unit.
- Received
- 21 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hardwick
- ReceivedReceived21 Jun
- ValidatedValidated27 Jun
- Consult.Consultation1 Aug
- TargetTarget Date22 Aug
- DecidedDecided17 Aug
Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Old Farm Business Centre Church Road Toft Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Toft conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Hardwick.
94% of full 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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Toft CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 9 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 11 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 1 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 9 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 22 August 2023
- Permission expires
- 17 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Eddisons Barker Storey Matthews
- Agent address
- The Lawns 33 Thorpe Road Peterborough PE3 6AB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 July 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 August 2023
- Site notice start
- 18 July 2023
- Site notice end
- 8 August 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Toft
- Green belt: South CambridgeshirePart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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