Planning application
8 Saxon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for the installation of solar panels to a domestic roof.
As published by the council, reference 26/02488/CL2PD
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02488/CL2PD
- Type
- Lawful Use Certificate (S192)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Certificate Granted
- Received
- 30 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 18 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Abbey
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB5 8HS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jun 2026
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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18 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Certificate Granted
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- LPA RED LINE PLAN
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- PRODUCT DETAILS
- LOCATION PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 18 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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