4 Dotterell Hall Barns Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4AQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/02684/HFUL - Householder Works/Extension Awaiting decision
Solar & renewablesUtility infrastructure

Proposal

Installation of 18 no. PV solar panels, battery/inverter, Air Source Heat Pump and TV satellite dish. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 14 Sept 2026, from South Cambridgeshire's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Documents 11

Statements & assessments 1

PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 7

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF BATTERY DATA SHEET Application Information · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF INVERTER DATA SHEET Application Information · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PV PANEL DATA SHEET Application Information · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF VAILLANT ASHP RANGE Application Information · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Barn at Dotterell Hall Farm, Grade II, 54 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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

Council
South Cambridgeshire
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Postcode
CB21 4AQ
Received
15 Jul 2026
Validated
15 Jul 2026
Ward
Balsham
Parish
Balsham CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lowden Construction Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 61, past the statutory target. 76% of utility and infrastructure works in South Cambridgeshire are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 14 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 13 Sept 2026.

Day 615 days past the 56-day target
50%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
45decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
28 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
1 Dotterell Hall Barns Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4AQ
Single storey extension to courtyard elevation.
24/01514/HFUL
2024 Approved
1 Dotterell Hall Barns Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4AQ
Single storey extension to courtyard elevation.
24/01514/HFUL
2023 Approved
Dotterell Hall Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HE
Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to 3 No. Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), and for b…
23/01613/PRIOR
2023 Approved
Dotterell Hall Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HE
Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings to 3 No. Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), and for b…
23/01613/PRIOR
2023 Refused
Dotterell Hall Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HE
Change of use to convert existing agricultural building to 3no dwellings.
23/00360/PRIOR
2023 Refused
Dotterell Hall Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HE
Change of use to convert existing agricultural building to 3no dwellings.
23/00360/PRIOR
2017 Approved
Dotterell Hall Barns Cambridge Road Balsham CB214HE
Discharge of conditions 5 (Traffic Management Plan) 6 (Contamination) 8 (Foul Water Drain…
S/4235/17/DC
2017 Approved
Dotterell Hall Barns Cambridge Road Balsham CB214HE
Discharge of conditions 5 (Traffic Management Plan) 6 (Contamination) 8 (Foul Water Drain…
S/4235/17/DC
2017 Approved
Barn Dotterell Hall Cambridge Road Balsham CB21 4HE
The alteration and conversion of agricultural buildings to five dwellings erection of sin…
S/4384/17/LB
2017 Approved
Barn Dotterell Hall Cambridge Road Balsham CB21 4HE
The alteration and conversion of agricultural buildings to five dwellings erection of sin…
S/4384/17/LB
2017 Approved
Barn Dotterell Hall Cambridge Road Balsham CB21 4HE
The alteration and conversion of agricultural buildings to five dwellings erection of sin…
S/4383/17/FL
2017 Approved
Barn Dotterell Hall Cambridge Road Balsham CB21 4HE
The alteration and conversion of agricultural buildings to five dwellings erection of sin…
S/4383/17/FL
2016 Approved
Dotterell Farm Barns Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HE
Conversion of redundant rural buildings to residential
S/3194/16/LB
2016 Approved
Dotterell Farm Barns Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HE
Conversion of redundant rural buildings to residential
S/3194/16/LB
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%).

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for householder decisions
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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