Bassingbourn Barracks Old North Road Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LX
Approved on 18 February 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)14 conditions
Proposal
S73 to vary conditions 2 (Approved plans) and 11 (Piling or any other foundation designs and investigation boreholes using penetrative methods) of planning permission 24/00481/FUL (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) Requirement for ballast mounting and GRP enclosure for substation and replace substation plan with GRP enclosure plan on the approved plans as per Condition 2. Add new PV layout plan to approved plans to address condition regarding foundations as per Condition 11.
- Received
- 15 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bassingbourn
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date16 Apr
- DecidedDecided18 Feb
Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Bassingbourn Barracks Old North Road Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LX. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker 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.
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
- Postcode
- SG8 5LX
- Application type
- Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mitie
- Agent address
- Tsoc Pacific House Atlas Park Simonsway Wythenshawe M22 5PR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 21 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 24
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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© 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.
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