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Land To The North-east Of Childerley Farm Childerley Estate Childerley Cambridgeshire

25/04201/S73Section 73 - Remove/Vary ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 January 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

S73 to vary conditions 2 (Approved plans), 6 (Surface water drainage design) and 10 (Soft Landscaping works) of planning permission 24/01176/S73 (S73 to vary Conditions 2 (Approved Drawings), 6 (Filter Drain Elevation Detail), 10 (Proposed Landscape and Ecology Enhancements), 14 (Construction Traffic Management Plan and 16 (CTMP) of planning permission 21/02173/FUL (Installation of a renewable energy led generating station comprising of ground-mounted solar arrays, associated electricity generation infrastructure and other ancillary infrastructure comprising of storage containers, access tracks, fencing, gates and CCTV together with the creation of a woodland, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements)) Temporary use of the area previously shown for the approved BESS as a second construction compound during the construction period, Site layout revisions including Removal of the BESS and any infrastructure associated with the operation of the BESS, Amendment to internal access track layout to reflect the removal of the BESS, Introduction of a generator adjacent to the HV Compound, Relocation of the Storage Containers and Welfare units, Introduction of additional PV Panels in the previously shown for the approved BESS, Alterations to the internal access track and Alternations to the approved Mitigation, Landscape and Ecology Enhancements Plan.

Received
28 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Caldecote
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land To The North-east Of Childerley Farm Childerley Estate Childerley Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Caldecote.

95% of conditions 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
Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Childerley CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 November 2025
Last date for comments
10 December 2025
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Lichfields Ship Canal House 98 King Street Manchester M2 4WU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 November 2025
Site notice start
12 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    18 Jun

    Submission of details required by conditions 9(LEMP - Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) and 11…

    PendingDischarge of conditions25/04201/CONDA
  2. 2025
    28 Oct

    S73 to vary conditions 2 (Approved plans), 6 (Surface water drainage design) and 10 (Soft Landscaping works)…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/04201/S73

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