South Cambridgeshire Council Approves Planning Applications

Key decisions made on solar farm conditions, new housing development, and rooflight refusal at the recent planning committee meeting.

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The South Cambridgeshire District Council Planning Committee has approved several planning applications, including changes to a solar farm's conditions and a new housing development in Cottenham.

At a meeting held on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at South Cambridgeshire Hall in Cambourne, the committee considered various planning applications. Decisions were made on applications concerning a solar farm in Landbeach, a housing development at 56 Histon Road in Cottenham, and rooflights at 25 Denmark Road in Cottenham.
The application for changes to conditions attached to an earlier planning permission for a solar farm on the land of a waste management site in Landbeach was approved. The applicant was South Cambridgeshire District Council.
A proposal to demolish the house and Timber Mill buildings at 56 Histon Road in Cottenham to build 34 affordable houses, submitted by Living Space Housing, was also approved.
However, the application to replace two Velux rooflights at 25 Denmark Road in Cottenham, submitted by Mr Nicholas Wilson, was refused.
These decisions are pending the finalisation and issuance of the decision notice. Further details on the applications discussed, along with a recording of the meeting, can be found within the meeting agenda.
Based on information from the official source: South Cambridgeshire District Council (12/11/2026)