Planning application
Land At Wilsons Road Longstanton Cambs CB24 8DB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of an underground cable grid connection in association with a proposed solar farm and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). The application includes an Environmental Statement.
As published by the council, reference 26/00063/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00063/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 26 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Longstanton
- Parish
- Longstanton CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB24 8DB
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02539/FUL Granted
Land At Wilsons Road Longstanton Cambs CB24 8DB
Installation and operation of a solar farm and battery energy storage system (BESS) together with all associated infrastructure, works and equipment, including landscape and ecological enhancement and access for a temporary period of 35 years. The application includes an Environmental Statement.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jan 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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12 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 25/02539/FUL (Decided)
Who's behind it
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Stantec PLC Agent, registered in Warrington
Active · incorporated 2024 · Warrington
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
60 documents on file for this application
- EIA DECISION NOTICE
- DELIGATION REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- EOT REQUEST
- EOT REQUEST
- EOT REQUEST
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- LLFA
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ADDENDUM - APPENDIX E APPENDIX E PHASE 1 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL DESK STUDY
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT V5
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT TEAM
- COUNTY MINERALS & WASTE
- BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY
- ECOLOGY
- URBAN DESIGN
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY COMMENTS
- RAMBLERS ASSOCIATION
- LANDSCAPE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ANGLIAN WATER
- ACTIVE TRAVEL ENGLAND
- DEFINITIVE MAP TEAM
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- LLFA
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- CONSERVATION
- SUSTAINABILITY
- CAMBRIDGE CITY AIRPORT
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- SITE NOTICE
- BNG SMALL METRIC CALCULATION
- INVALID LETTER
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ADDENDUM - APPENDIX B ARCHAEOLOGY TECHNICAL NOTE CABLE ROUTE
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ADDENDUM - APPENDIX C ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL CABLE ROUTE
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ADDENDUM - APPENDIX D ARBORICULTURAL NOTE
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ADDENDUM - APPENDIX A LOCATION PLANS AND SITE PLANS
- COVER LETTER
- PROPOSED CABLE ROUTE REV V4.0
- CONSTRUCTION METHOD STATEMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ADDENDUM - VOLUME 2 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY
- ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ADDENDUM - VOLUME 1 MAIN REPORT
- 25/02539/FUL SOLAR FARM SITE PLAN
- 25/02539/FUL SOLAR FARM LOCATION PLAN
- SITE PLAN REV V1.0
- LOCATION PLAN REV V1.0
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South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 26 June 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.
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