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25/03389/PRIOR - Prior Approval Approved

Proposal

Installation of Rooftop Solar PV panels. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2025
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Consultation
9 Sept 2025
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Approved
22 Oct 2025

Approved on 22 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Documents 20

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATION REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 7

PDF AGENT EMAIL Agent / Applicant Comments · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF TREES Consultee Comments · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 22 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH Consultee Comments · 8 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF AIRPORT SAFEGUARDING Consultee Comments · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 9

PDF PRODUCT INFORMATION Application Information · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PRODUCT INFORMATION Application Information · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PRODUCT INFORMATION Application Information · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PRODUCT INFORMATION Application Information · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ANNUAL PRODUCTION REPORT Application Information · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF GOOGLE IMAGE Photographs · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

Site constraints 9

New Town And Glisson Road 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.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: Cambridge AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Protected tree 9 m away: The City of Cambridge ( Perse School For Girls, Union Road ) Tree Preservation Order No. 3/79, order 03/1979
2 protected trees within 15 m. Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
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4 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 27-41, Panton Street, Grade II, 19 m away · 4 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 374 m away: Sheep's Green and Coe Fen; Scheduled monument 217 m away: Hobson's Conduit; Registered park or garden 237 m away: Botanic Garden, Cambridge; National infrastructure project 817 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 November 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.

Building

Floor area2,947 m² (31,721 sq ft)
Energy ratingA (asset rating 22)
UseD1 Non-residential Institutions - Education
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2017, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Prior Approval
Postcode
CB2 1HF
Received
28 Aug 2025
Validated
28 Aug 2025
Ward
Market
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Oct 2025
Decision
Prior Approval Given
Decision date
22 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 5 days slower than Cambridge's median of 50 for prior approvals. Approved, as 85% of prior approvals here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
73decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Cambridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Cambridge decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

44 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
9 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
23 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
T1 Silver Birch ~ Prune to clear building by 1.5 metres. T2 Lime ~ Re-pollard, including…
22/1171/TTPO
2022 Approved
T1 Silver Birch ~ Prune to clear building by 1.5 metres. T2 Lime ~ Re-pollard, including…
22/1171/TTPO
2019 Approved
T7: Paper Birch - Clear lamp column by 1.5m and raise low canopy to 3m.
19/138/TTCA
2019 Approved
T7: Paper Birch - Clear lamp column by 1.5m and raise low canopy to 3m.
19/138/TTCA
2017 Approved
Condition 9 - MUGA perimeter structure
15/1303/COND9A
2017 Approved
Condition 9 - MUGA perimeter structure
15/1303/COND9A
2017 Approved
Condition 24 - Landscape Management Plan
15/1303/COND24
2017 Approved
Condition 22 - Hard and Soft Landscaping
15/1303/COND22A
2017 Approved
Condition 24 - Landscape Management Plan
15/1303/COND24
2017 Approved
Condition 22 - Hard and Soft Landscaping
15/1303/COND22A
2017 Approved
Condition 9 - MUGA Perimeter structure
15/1303/COND9
2017 Approved
Condition 9 - MUGA Perimeter structure
15/1303/COND9
2017 Approved
Condition 14 - Cycle Store
15/1303/COND14
2017 Approved
Condition 20 - Public Art Delivery Plan
15/1303/COND20
2017 Approved
Condition 21 - Public Art Maintenance Plan
15/1303/COND21
2017 Approved
Condition 18 - Traffic Management Plan
15/1303/COND18A
2017 Approved
Condition 20 - Public Art Delivery Plan
15/1303/COND20
2017 Approved
Condition 21 - Public Art Maintenance Plan
15/1303/COND21
2017 Approved
Condition 14 - Cycle Store
15/1303/COND14
2017 Approved
Condition 18 - Traffic Management Plan
15/1303/COND18A
2017 Approved
Condition 12 - Roof details
15/1303/COND12
2017 Approved
Condition 12 - Roof details
15/1303/COND12
2017 Approved
Condition 19 - Travel Plan
15/1303/COND19
2017 Approved
Condition 19 - Travel Plan
15/1303/COND19
2017 Approved
Condition 7 - Plant Noise Insulation
15/1303/COND7A
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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19 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
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2025 Withdrawn
19 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Removal of part of boundary wall and railings and construction of new deck with railings…
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2025 Refused
42 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HS
T1 - Cherry - Remove
25/0366/TTCA
2025 Refused
42 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HS
T1 - Cherry - Remove
25/0366/TTCA
2025 Approved
39 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Construction of outbuilding to the rear (Ancillary use to dwelling).
25/00128/HFUL
2025 Approved
39 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Construction of outbuilding to the rear (Ancillary use to dwelling).
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2024 Approved
18 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HP
T1 Large Lime tree - Reduce height by 5 metres (back to previous reduction points), reduc…
24/1392/TTCA
2024 Approved
18 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HP
T1 Large Lime tree - Reduce height by 5 metres (back to previous reduction points), reduc…
24/1392/TTCA
2024 Approved
35 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Minor internal works, retention of re-pointing and re-roofing works to front elevation.
24/03640/LBC
2024 Approved
35 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Minor internal works, retention of re-pointing and re-roofing works to front elevation.
24/03640/LBC
2019 Withdrawn
34 Panton Street Cambridge CB2 1HP
T1: Prunus - remove to ground level.
19/661/TTPO
2019 Withdrawn
34 Panton Street Cambridge CB2 1HP
T1: Prunus - remove to ground level.
19/661/TTPO
2022 Approved
The Coach House Rear Of 32 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HP
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22/02776/FUL
2022 Approved
The Coach House Rear Of 32 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HP
Erection of 3no 2bed units providing accommodation for use by Pembroke College, as well a…
22/02776/FUL
2024 Approved
35 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Removal of modern internal partition (and fittings) to reinstate original bedroom and pro…
24/00648/LBC
2024 Approved
35 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Removal of modern internal partition (and fittings) to reinstate original bedroom and pro…
24/00647/HFUL
2024 Approved
35 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Removal of modern internal partition (and fittings) to reinstate original bedroom and pro…
24/00648/LBC
2024 Approved
35 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
Removal of modern internal partition (and fittings) to reinstate original bedroom and pro…
24/00647/HFUL
2023 Refused
35 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
First-floor rear extension over existing ground-floor element, internal alterations and r…
23/04051/LBC
2023 Refused
35 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
First-floor rear extension over existing ground-floor element, internal alterations and r…
23/04050/HFUL
2016 Approved
Panton Arms 43 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
2 Limes - Reduce height by 2.5m, prune to clear 45 Panton Street by 1m, reduce lateral li…
16/262/TTPO
2016 Approved
Panton Arms 43 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
2 Limes - Reduce height by 2.5m, prune to clear 45 Panton Street by 1m, reduce lateral li…
16/262/TTPO
2016 Refused
Panton Arms 43 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
2 x Lime Trees in courtyard: Reduce by 40% to provide building clearance to adjacent prop…
16/182/TTCA
2016 Refused
Panton Arms 43 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
2 x Lime Trees in courtyard: Reduce by 40% to provide building clearance to adjacent prop…
16/182/TTCA
2016 Approved
19 Panton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HL
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Cambridge
Planning Authority Score
8.3/10
Excellent
#18 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Cambridge is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #21 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Cambridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #108 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #100 of 296
86%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #21 of 296
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #34 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
86 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
41 decided
1,014
Total decisions
100 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.