Planning application
Land At Waste Management Site Ely Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of Battery Storage, amended Distribution Substation Enclosure, and fire wall associated with Planning Permission S/4028/19/FL for a Solar Farm and Associated Development
As published by the council, reference 25/02021/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02021/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 21 May 2025
- Validated
- 2 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 17 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Cottenham
- Parish
- Cottenham CP
- Decision by
- Committee Decision (Area/Main)
- Postcode
- CB25 9PG
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02907/S73 Awaiting decision
Land At Waste Management Site Ely Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PG
S73 to vary conditions 1 (Approved plans) and 7 (Biodiversity enhancement) of planning permission 25/02020/S73 (S73 to vary condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission S/4028/19/FL (Solar Farm and Associated Development) to provide an amended layout to include a revised layout of solar array, change to the design of the solar panels and inverters, removal of building, extension to access track, and enlarged drainage basin) to amend the wording of condition 1 to read The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans as listed on this decision notice as amended by drawing number CP/ADL/SFA/07a and to amend the wording of condition 7 to read The development shall be carried out in accordance with the biodiversity enhancement details approved under this permission.
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25/04457/FUL Awaiting decision
Land At Waste Management Site Ely Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PG
Provision of hard surfaced yard as an extension to provide additional parking for the existing refuse collection vehicle compound Use of former aggregate bagging plant compound for recovered vehicles, Relocated security fencing, provision of additional external lighting including 3 No. new columns, Use of alternative access route to serve nearby Solar Farm and BNG habitat.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 May 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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2 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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12 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Clover Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
62 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- COMMITTEE REPORT APPENDIX 1 DECISION NOTICE
- COMMITTEE REPORT APPENDIX 1 DELEGATED REPORT
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- EOT REQUEST
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- DRAINAGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ECOLOGY
- OLD WEST INTERNAL DRAINAGE BOARD
- SITE NOTICE
- REVISED BNG METRIC
- REVISED BNG REPORT
- SITE PLAN 1-500
- REVISED LOCATION PLAN
- REVISED PLANTING SCHEDULE APPENDIX 6
- EMAIL RE AMENDMENTS
- REVISED LOCATION PLAN
- ECOLOGY
- DRAINAGE
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- CONTAMINATED LAND
- AMENDED SITE PLAN
- SITE NOTICE
- RESPONSE TO ECOLOGY COMMENTS AMENDED
- CLARIFICATION LETTER AMENDED
- OLD WEST INTERNAL DRAINAGE BOARD
- INTERNAL DRAINAGE BOARD
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- PARISH
- DRAINAGE
- CONTAMINATED LAND
- ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC 4.0 CALCULATION TOOL
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- LOCATION PLAN
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- APPENDIX 3 BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN
- APPENDIX 2 DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- APPENDIX 4 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX 6 PLANTING SCHEDULE
- APPENDIX 1 FIRE SAFETY TECHNICAL NOTE
- SUB AND BESS ELEVATIONS
- BESS FIRE WALL ELEVATIONS
- RED LINE
- SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE LAYOUT PLAN
- DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 17 November 2025, 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.
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