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21/00816/DISD - Discharge of Conditions - 4th Submission Pending Consideration

Proposal

To discharge Condition 8 (Noise Verification Report) of decision dated 10th December 2021 for construction of a 30MW battery energy storage system facility and associated access, landscaping and other infrastructure works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
26 Aug 2026
Consultation
27 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 21 Oct 2026. Comments are open until 18 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Burwell built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Discharge of Conditions - 4th Submission
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
26 Aug 2026
Ward
Burwell
Parish
Burwell
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Surface Planning

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15185934
Consultation
27 Aug 2026
Comments by
18 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Oct 2026
East Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#97 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Cambridgeshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #65 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Cambridgeshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #193 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #202 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #65 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #85 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
124 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
30 decided
697
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026