Planning application · Solar · South Cambridgeshire

Manor Farm

Revised14 MWApplication S/2080/13/FLSubmitted 20 September 2013Withdrawn 7 January 2014

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The application

Application number: S/2080/13/FL
Planning authority: South Cambridgeshire
County or area: Cambridgeshire
Nation: England
Technology: Solar
Capacity: 14 MW
Status: Revised
Operator or applicant: Thriplow Farms
Location: Land to the East of Church Street, Thriplow

Timeline

20 September 2013 Planning application submitted
7 January 2014 Application withdrawn

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 89 comparable solar incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-1262, Fire reported on solar-panel roof at Fitzwilliam College auditorium, 11 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1262	2024	Fire reported on solar-panel roof at Fitzwilliam College auditorium	11 km	Minor
EIR-1493	2026	Solar panels catch fire on Bedford warehouse roof	37 km	Minor
EIR-1514	2024	Garage fire destroys solar panels in Southgate, with a battery storage fault suspected	55 km	Minor
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 86 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

The map

Summary for this site

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In the full pack

What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Manor Farm from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

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