Planning application
Black Peak Farm London Road Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 7PJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
S73 to vary condition 3 of planning permission S/1902/14/FL (approved drawings amended by Section 73 ref. S/2289/15/FL) for Solar Farm and Associated Development - to extend the period of the lifetime of the asset for a further 10 years and 6 months and removal of condition 6 (implementation of landscaping), condition 7 (replacement planting) and condition 8 (Traffic Management Plan).
As published by the council, reference 25/02534/S73
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02534/S73
- Type
- Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 27 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 7 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 16 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Melbourn
- Parish
- Melbourn CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SG8 7PJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jun 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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7 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: S/2289/15/FL (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Quintas Energy (UK) Ltd Agent, registered in Hove
Active · incorporated 2010 · Hove
4 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
65 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- EOT 17 APRIL
- LANDSCAPE
- PARISH
- ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- SUSTAINABILITY
- LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- S/1902/14/FL DECISION NOTICE
- S/2289/15/FL DECISION NOTICE
- LLFA
- ECOLOGY
- BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
- SITE CONTEXT PLAN
- COMPOUND AREA
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- PARISH
- DRAINAGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ECOLOGY
- LANDSCAPE
- SUSTAINABILITY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- CCTV POLE DETAILS MAY 2015
- SECURITY SYSTEM, FENCING (DEER)_MAY 2015
- AS BUILT DETAILED STRUTURAL DRAWINGS DC BOXES DETAIL
- INVALID CHASE
- SLD.OVERALL
- VISIBILITY SPLAY
- GENERAL PV PLANT LAYOUT
- PROPOSED ACCESS ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
- STORAGE BUILDING DETAILS
- SITE LAYOUT AND PLANTING PROPOSALS
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- DETAILED STRUTURAL DRAWINGS
- EQUIPMENT FRAME DETAILS CONCRETE
- EQUIPMENT DC BOX
- EQUIPMENT FRAME DETAILS
- EQUIPMENT INVERTERS 700KW
- EQUIPMENT TRANSFORMER 3120KW
- EQUIPMENT INVERTERS 1400KW
- COMUNICATION BUILDING
- CLIENT SIDE SUBSTATION BUILDING
- EQUIPMENT TRANSFORMER 780KW_
- EQUIPMENT MONITORING HOUSE MAY 2015
- EQUIPMENT CUSTOMER SUBSTATION MAY 2015
- EQUIPMENT SWITCHGEAR BUILDING MAY 2015
- EQUIPMENT WATERLESS TOILET MAY 2015
- EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATION BOX MAY 2015
- SECURITY SYSTEM CCTV POLE DETAILS MAY 2015
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT_DECEMBER 2014
- SECURITY SYSTEM, LAYOUT MAY 2015
- AMENDED 10 DEC 14 - SITE LOCATION PLAN
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 16 April 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 amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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