Bassingbourn Barracks Old North Road Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LX
Approved on 17 July 2024
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of a ground mounted solar array, Construction of a high voltage transformer station, Construction of gravel access roads and provision of a perimeter fence.
- Received
- 9 February 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bassingbourn
- ReceivedReceived9 Feb
- ValidatedValidated22 Feb
- Consult.Consultation25 Jun
- TargetTarget Date23 May
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 146 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Bassingbourn Barracks Old North Road Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LX. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 16 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Bassingbourn. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- SG8 5LX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 February 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 28 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 25 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 May 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mott Macdonald 10 Temple Back Bristol BS16FL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 February 2024
- Site notice start
- 1 March 2024
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 106
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
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)
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