Planning application
Land North West Of 379 To 381 Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction of a substation compound, to incorporate 3 primary transformers and a switch house building (with associated basement) to accommodate the required 33kV and 11kV switchgear and associated fencing.
As published by the council, reference 26/01786/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01786/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 12 May 2026
- Validated
- 14 May 2026
- Decided
- 20 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Kings Hedges
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01786/CONDA Awaiting decision
Land North West Of 379 To 381 Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 10 (Biodiversity net gain) of planning permission 26/01786/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 May 2026
Received by Cambridge
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14 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/01786/CONDA Awaiting decision
Land North West Of 379 To 381 Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 10 (Biodiversity net gain) of planning permission 26/01786/FUL
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Tetra Tech Ltd Agent, registered in Leeds
Active · incorporated 1985 · Leeds
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
34 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- LANDSCAPE
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- URBAN DESIGN
- SITE NOTICE
- DRAINAGE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ECOLOGY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE PHOTO
- SITE NOTICE PHOTO
- INVALID LETTER
- BNG METRIC CALCULATION
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- PROPOSED SWITCHROOM ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE ELEVATIONS
- SUBSTATION COMPOUND LAYOUT
- EMF ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN BASELINE REPORT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL ADDENDUM
- ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- ACOUSTICS ASSESSMENT
- DRAINAGE REPORT
- HERITAGE DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 20 July 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.
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