The Dovecote 1A Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL Data via plota.co.uk

26/02843/HFUL - Householder Works/Extension Approved
Extensions & alterationsSolar & renewables

Proposal

Installation of a bank of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the annexe extension to the Dovecote. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jul 2026
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Validated
28 Jul 2026
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Consultation
7 Aug 2026
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Approved
9 Sept 2026

Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATION REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Application Information · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Application Information · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Information · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 4

PDF CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BNE - CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PARISH Consultee Comments · 8 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 7

PDF EMAIL ENC. REVISED SCHEME Application Information · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED PV INSTALLATION Photographs · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PV PANEL DETAILS Application Information · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF THE DOVECOTE EXISTING Photographs · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Dovecote at Five Gables Farm
List entry 1127598 · The pin is inside its outline · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 1 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Green belt: Cambridge
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3a
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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 636 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Priority habitat 3 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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

Council
South Cambridgeshire
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Postcode
CB23 1HL
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Ward
Barrington
Parish
Little Eversden CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
9 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 10 days faster than South Cambridgeshire's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 97% of extensions here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
677decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by South Cambridgeshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Cambridgeshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
7 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

24 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
6 Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
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2021 Approved
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Demolition of existing dilapidated dwelling and erection of a sustainable 3-bedroom home.
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2021 Approved
6 Bucks Lane Little Eversden CB23 1HL
Demolition of existing dilapidated dwelling and erection of a sustainable 3-bedroom home.
21/02073/FUL
2020 Approved
Winrose Farm 1 Bucks Lane Little Eversden CB23 1HL
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2020 Approved
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To convert and extend an existing Grade II listed Dovecote into ancillary accommodation p…
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2020 Approved
Paradise Barns Bucks Lane Little Eversden CB23 1HL
Underpinning and related repairs/making good to an ancillary building within the curtilage
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2020 Approved
Paradise Barns Bucks Lane Little Eversden CB23 1HL
Underpinning and related repairs/making good to an ancillary building within the curtilage
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2019 Approved
Winrose Farm 1 Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
Construction of a secure agricultural equipment store
S/3877/19/FL
2019 Approved
Winrose Farm 1 Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
Construction of a secure agricultural equipment store
S/3877/19/FL
2019 Withdrawn
Winrose Farm 1 Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
Construction of a secure agricultural equipment store
S/1602/19/FL
2019 Withdrawn
Winrose Farm 1 Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
Construction of a secure agricultural equipment store
S/1602/19/FL
2018 Approved
The Barn Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
To change the style of the existing roof on the barn
S/3556/18/FL
2018 Approved
The Barn Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
To change the style of the existing roof on the barn
S/3556/18/FL
2018 Refused
The Barn Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
Proposed change to the existing roof on the barn
S/0228/18/FL
2018 Refused
The Barn Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
Proposed change to the existing roof on the barn
S/0228/18/FL
2018 Approved
1 Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
To convert and extend an existing Grade II listed Dovecote into ancillary accommodation.
S/0055/18/LB
2018 Approved
1 Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
To convert and extend an existing Grade II listed Dovecote into ancillary accommodation.
S/0054/18/FL
2016 Withdrawn
Winrose Farm 1 Bucks Lane Little Eversden CB23 1HL
To convert and extend an existing Grade II listed Dovecote into ancillary accommodation..
S/1108/16/LB
2016 Withdrawn
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To convert and extend an existing Grade II listed Dovecote into ancillary accommodation..
S/1107/16/FL
2016 Withdrawn
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To convert and extend an existing Grade II listed Dovecote into ancillary accommodation..
S/1108/16/LB
2016 Withdrawn
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South Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
8.1/10
Excellent
#25 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Cambridgeshire is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #24 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Cambridgeshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #45 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #91 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #24 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #60 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
215 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,509
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings