Planning application
St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of 48 solar panels
As published by the council, reference 26/03054/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/03054/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 12 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Postcode
- CB3 9DH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 4 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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24/1334/TTCA Granted
St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
T1 - Four large Yew trees x11ms in height restricting light to student accommodation: Reduce height by 2ms and raise crown by 3ms. Reduce laterals by up to 2ms and leave shaped and balanced.
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19/1212/NMA2 Granted
St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Non material amendment on application 19/1212/FUL for revision of cycle storage facilities on the site.
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19/1213/CONDB Granted
St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Submission of details required by conditions 3 (Demolition of the existing building the means & methods of making good areas where demolitions [internal or external] have altered historic fabric), 5 (Details of new or additional door control and/or closure mechanisms), 6 (Details of new or replacement flooring) and 7 (Installation of services the means & methods of making good areas where service runs are chased into existing historic fabric) of listed building consent 19/1213/LBC
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Aug 2026
Received by Cambridge
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13 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cambridge took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID LETTER
- ST CHAD'S HERITAGE STATEMENT
- RECEIPT
- APPLICATION VALID
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- PHOTOVOLTAIC DETAILS
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- LOCATION PLAN
- RAIL CLAMPS TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- PRODUCT SHEET
- SOLAR PANEL TECHNICAL DETAILS
- STREET VIEWS
- PROPOSED PLAN AND ELEVATIONS (SOUTH ROOF OMITTED)
- EXISTING PLAN AND ELEVATIONS - FLATTENED
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cambridge for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cambridge decided full applications in a median of 74 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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Nearby applications
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St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Non material amendment on application 19/1212/FUL for revision of cycle storage facilities on the site.
Granted Amendments 16 docs -
St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Submission of details required by conditions 3 (Demolition of the existing building the means & methods of making good areas where demolitions [internal or external] have altered historic fabric), 5 (Details of new or additional door control and/or closure mechanisms), 6 (Details of new or replacement flooring) and 7 (Installation of services the means & methods of making good areas where service runs are chased into existing historic fabric) of listed building consent 19/1213/LBC
Granted Conditions Demolition 10 docs -
St Chads College 48 Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
T1 - Four large Yew trees x11ms in height restricting light to student accommodation: Reduce height by 2ms and raise crown by 3ms. Reduce laterals by up to 2ms and leave shaped and balanced.
Granted Trees 8 docs -
21 - 23 West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP
Refurbishment and internal reconfiguration of nos. 21 and 23 West Road to include replacement windows, rainwater goods, removal of the external fire escape and installation of an internal stair, conversion of an existing garage to a plant room, erection of a single storey link pavilion to provide a new entrance, study spaces, and level access between the two buildings, conversion of the existing Fellows set into a flexible, self-contained accessible unit with associated ramped access, improvements to thermal efficiency, and associated landscaping.
Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 57 docsSmall domestic -
Kings College School West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DN
T5 Horse Chestnut Crown lift to 4m T6 Horse Chestnut Crown lift to 4m T7 Horse Chestnut Remove epicormic growth to 4m T8 Horse Chestnut Crown lift to 4m T9 Horse Chestnut Crown lift and remove epicormic growth to 4m T11 Horse Chestnut Crown lift to 4m
Granted Trees 8 docs -
Clare Hall Herschel Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AL
Tree 6 (Hornbeam) - Pollard at a height of 5 metres (Extensive internal decay of trunk) Grange Road Location plan 1 Tree 16 (Lime) - Remove basal epicormic shoots Herschel Road Plan 1 Tree 17 (Lime) - Remove basal epicormic shoots Hercshal Road Plan 1 Tree 18 (Lime) - Remove basal epicormic shoots Herschel Road Plan 1 Tree 19 (Lime) - Remove basal epicormic shoots Herschel Road Plan 1 Tree 20 (Lime) - Remove basal epicormic shoots Herschel Road Plan 1 Tree 49 (Whitebeam) - Fell (terminal decline) Herschel Road, - Plan 1 Tree 71 (Lime) - Remove basal epicormic shoots Herschel Road Plan 1 Tree 89 (Laburnum) - Fell (Extensive decay throughout) 5b Hershal Rd Plan 2 Tree 113 (Cherry) - Fell (Extensive basal decay) South of 6 Herschel Rd Plan 3 Tree 154 (Robinia) - Fell (Extensive basal decay and dieback) West Court Plan 3 Tree 156 (Indian Bean) - Remove two lowest branches on eastern side back to nearest growth point (hazard beam failure) West Court - Plan 3 Tree group / row G2 (Apples) - Reduce to 1.5 metres height (trees are suppressed and of very low vigour / dead wood) 4 Herschel Road plan 2
Granted Trees 13 docs
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