Scotland Farm Scotland Road Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8AU
Approved on 4 February 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of 111 No. 450w Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels to the East and West sides of a shallow pitched roof of an existing agricultural building.
- Received
- 4 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Girton
- Agent
- East Green Energy Limited
- ReceivedReceived4 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation10 Jan
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Scotland Farm Scotland Road Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8AU. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Girton. We hold 2,505 applications in total for the CB23 postcode area.
81% of outline 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
- CB23 8AU
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dry Drayton CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 10 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2025
- Permission expires
- 4 February 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- East Green Energy Limited
- Agent address
- 2c Riverside Business Centre Dock Lane Melton Woodbridge IP12 1RA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 20 December 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 21
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)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Oct
Steel framed portal end extension to existing agricultural spray storage building.
PendingPrior Approval26/03976/PRIOR - 202621 Sep
Change of use of the remaining floorspace within the agribusiness stores to storage and distribution (Use…
PendingApplication26/03593/FUL - 202617 Apr
Extension to existing agricultural spray storage building.
WithdrawnPrior Approval26/01475/PRIOR - 202620 Mar
Partial change of use of an existing agricultural building to a Storage or Distribution (Class B8)
PendingPrior Approval26/01107/PRIOR - 20234 Sep
Erection of a single-storey agricultural worker's dwelling, associated works and infrastructure (resubmission…
ApprovedFull Application23/03394/FUL - 20229 Feb
Submission of details required by conditions 4 (Foul water and surface water drainage) and 7 (Wildlife…
Split DecisionDischarge of conditions20/03013/CONDA
Source: South Cambridgeshire
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