Planning

Councillors have unanimously agreed plans to create a new Local Plan for East Cambridgeshire should be put on hold.

A recommendation to start work on a new Local Plan is to go before district councillors next week.

Following the announcement by Secretary of State Ed Miliband to grant permission for the Sunnica solar farm, East Cambridgeshire District Council has taken independent legal advice to understand the chances of success of a Judicial Review of the decision-making process.

The Leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council has expressed her extreme disappointment following today’s news the Sunnica solar farm has received approval from the Secretary of State.

A full business plan to build a state-of-the-art ecological bereavement centre alongside a beautiful lakeside setting at Mepal is to go before East Cambridgeshire District Councillors.

Impending changes to the way the planning system operates should support a right first-time approach according to Cllr Bill Hunt, chair of East Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning committee.

East Cambridgeshire District Council has submitted its Relevant Representation response to Sunnica to the Planning Inspectorate.

Councillors at East Cambridgeshire District Council have agreed they will not support Sunnica during a special hearing of the planning committee on Thursday (3 November 2022).

Biodiversity should increase with each new development that takes place in East Cambridgeshire, after councillors agreed a new working document to help double land for nature.

A special Planning Committee meeting is to be held to consider East Cambridgeshire District Council’s official response to Sunnica.