Planning application
347 The Paddocks Unit J6 Cherry Hinton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 8DH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of solar panels on the south facing roofs of industrial units U and R.
As published by the council, reference 26/01967/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01967/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Not Required
- Received
- 26 May 2026
- Validated
- 26 May 2026
- Decided
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Coleridge
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB1 8DH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 May 2026
Received by Cambridge
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7 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATION REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- SITE PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- SOLAR PANEL DATA SHEET
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 7 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.
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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