Planning application
15-17 Coldhams Business Park Norman Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3LH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of 462 roof-mounted Solar PV panels to a total system size of 208 kWp.
As published by the council, reference 26/01425/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01425/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 13 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 13 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 19 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Cherry Hinton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB1 3LH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
13 Apr 2026
Received by Cambridge
-
23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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19 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATION REPORT
- AIRPORT SAFEGUARDING
- GLINT AND GLARE STUDY
- EOT REQUEST
- EOT REQUEST
- EAST WEST RAIL
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- AIRPORT SAFEGUARDING
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID CHASE
- AMENDMENT SUMMARY
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- SITE PLAN PROPOSED
- SITE PLAN EXISTING
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS (SUPERIMPOSED ON EXISTING)
- SOUTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS EXISTING
- NORTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS EXISTING
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 19 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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