Planning application
Land North East Of Chear Farm Ely Road Chittering Cambridge Cambridgeshire
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Proposal
To discharge Conditions 3 (Surface Water Management) and Condition 10 (Surface Water Drainage) of decision 23/00377/ESF dated 15 December 2023 for construction of glasshouses with integrated packing and distribution unit, combined heat and power (CHP) plant, heat storage tanks, an irrigation centre, employee welfare / canteen, access roads, parking, surface water attenuation lagoon, landscaping and other ancillary development
As published by the council, reference 23/00377/DISG
Application record
- Reference
- 23/00377/DISG
- Type
- Discharge of Conditions - 7th Submission
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Stretham
- Parish
- Stretham
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026.
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23/00377/DISF Withdrawn
Land North East Of Chear Farm Ely Road Chittering Cambridge Cambridgeshire
To discharge Conditions 3 (Surface Water Management) and Condition 10 (surface water drainage) of decision 23/00377/ESF dated 15 December 2023 for construction of glasshouses with integrated packing and distribution unit, combined heat and power (CHP) plant, heat storage tanks, an irrigation centre, employee welfare / canteen, access roads, parking, surface water attenuation lagoon, landscaping and other ancillary development
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23/00377/DISE Decided
Land North East Of Chear Farm Ely Road Chittering Cambridge Cambridgeshire
To discharge 5 (CEMP), 6 (Decommissioning Management Plan) and 14 (Hard Landscaping) of decision 23/00377/ESF dated 15th December 2023 for Construction of glasshouses with integrated packing and distribution unit, combined heat and power (CHP) plant, heat storage tanks, an irrigation centre, employee welfare / canteen, access roads, parking, surface water attenuation lagoon, landscaping and other ancillary development
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by East Cambridgeshire
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21 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.
East Cambridgeshire took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Cambridgeshire decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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Land North East Of Chear Farm Ely Road Chittering Cambridge Cambridgeshire
To discharge Conditions 3 (Surface Water Management) and Condition 10 (surface water drainage) of decision 23/00377/ESF dated 15 December 2023 for construction of glasshouses with integrated packing and distribution unit, combined heat and power (CHP) plant, heat storage tanks, an irrigation centre, employee welfare / canteen, access roads, parking, surface water attenuation lagoon, landscaping and other ancillary development
Withdrawn Conditions 18 docs -
Land East Of Fenland Glasshouse Energy Centre Ely Road Chittering Cambridge Cambridgeshire
93% historically approved · decision due ~21 Jul
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Awaiting decision Full applications 13 docs -
Site East Of Chear Farm Ely Road Chittering Cambridge Cambridgeshire
To discharge Condition 11 (Lighting and light pollution screen) of decision 21/00360/VARM dated 25 August 2021 for Variation of condition 1 (Approved plans) and 10 (Car parking) of previously approved for the proposed development of four glasshouses, up to 15MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant, two heat storage tanks, two water storage tanks, a packing & distribution unit, cold store, irrigation room and control centre, offices, parking, surface water attenuation lagoons, upgraded access track and other ancillary development
Decided Conditions 6 docs
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