Planning application
Sidney Sussex College, Blundell Court Sidney Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3HU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of 137 solar panels to the flat roof of a 5 storey accommodation block on site.
As published by the council, reference 26/02154/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02154/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 3 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Market
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB2 3HU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2026
Received by Cambridge
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10 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
32 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DESCRIPTION AMENDED
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN & SECTION
- ADDITIONAL INFO
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- CONSERVATION
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN AND PART SECTION
- PROPOSED SECTIONS C-C AND D-D
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE PLAN
- EXISTING NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING SECTIONS A-A AND B-B
- EXISTING SECTIONS C-C AND D-D
- PRIOPOSED NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SECTIONS A-A AND B-B
- DRAWING ISSUE SHEET
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID CHASE
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- FRONT ELEVATION OF BLUNDELL
- SOLAR PROPOSAL BLUNDELL COURT ONLY
- SIDNEY BOUNDARY PLAN AND ROOF LOCATION
- BLUNDELL ROOF PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 3 September 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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