Cardiff Metropolitan University Llandaff Campus 200 Western Avenue Llandaff Cardiff CF5 2YB Data via plota.co.uk

26/01765/FUL - Full Planning Permission Approved
Solar & renewables

Proposal

Installation of PV panels on the roofs of buildings within Llandaff campus and the installation of associated battery energy storage system (BESS). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Consultation
28 Aug 2026
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Approved
25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Delegated OM (Major & GL) · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING APPLICATION FORM Supporting Documents · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF LFP BATTERY CONTAINER Supporting Documents · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF INDICATIVE PV SPECIFICATION Supporting Documents · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

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 ↗
Llandaff conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Registered park or garden 82 m away: Pontcanna Fields and Llandaff Fields
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Building

Floor area111 m² (1,195 sq ft)
Energy ratingA (asset rating 24)
UseB1 Offices and Workshop businesses
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Cardiff
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
CF5 2YB
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
LLANDAFF
Case officer
Show
Decision
Permission Granted
Decision date
25 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated OM (Major & GL)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lichfields

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 28 days faster than Cardiff's median of 65 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.

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91%approved
442decided in the last year

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Public comments

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Last counted 26 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15117283
Planning Portal ref
PP-15117283
Consultation
28 Aug 2026
Comments by
18 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
28 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

7 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
General Tree Safety Works and tree management of stock within grounds. Tree Schedule Atta…
LLDF/CA/22/00002
2017 Approved
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 3 (MATERIALS) AND 6 (ARBORICULTURAL STATEMENT AND TREE PROTECTION…
17/01525/MNR
2017 Refused
INSTALLATION OF POST & WIRE FENCES TO PROTECT THE NATURAL TURF OF FOOTBALL & RUGBY PITCHES
17/00350/MNR
2016 Approved
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES BUILDING TO REPLACE EXISTING TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND ASSOC…
16/02999/MNR
2016 Approved
DOUBLE-SIDED, BILINGUAL, POST-MOUNTED SIGNS
A/16/00214/MNR
Within ~100m

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2016 Approved
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NON-ILLUMINATED, PVC LAMPPOST BANNER ADVERTISING, SIZE 2.0 X 0.785M
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Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.