Cambridge planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Cambridge City Council, updated daily. Cambridge City Council received 672 planning applications in the last 90 days, 9 of them major schemes. 93% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 54 days.
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Recent applications in Cambridge
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Beaufort Place Thompsons Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8AG
50-dwelling window replacement scheme, Cambridge, full application. Replaces single glazing with double glazing and renews aluminium window units within retained timber frames. Glazing units and scaffold access are the packages for specialist glazing subcontractors and window suppliers.
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80 And 82 Lovell Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2QP
Three self-build homes at outline stage, Cambridge Lovell Road. Outline consent for three self-build dwellings after greenhouse demolition, with access and layout fixed. Demolition, groundworks and drainage come first, with brickwork and roofing packages tendering after reserved matters.
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Kings College Kings Parade Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1ST
Listed building consent for below-ground drainage repairs, Cambridge. Repairs to damaged below-ground drainage, including lifting and reinstating existing surface finishes, on a working college estate. Groundworks, drainage and paving reinstatement packages suit contractors experienced with…
GroundworksDrainageHard landscaping
126 Perne Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3RR
Two-storey extensions and flats-to-HMO conversion, Cambridge, full application. Demolishes a garage for side, rear and front extensions, a rear dormer and roof works, creating a six-bed HMO from two flats. Brickwork, roofing and joinery lead, with fire-safety fit-out and rewiring for local M&E…
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6-7 Arts Theatre St Edwards Passage Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3PJ
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge. Relocates the ground-floor cloakroom, remodels a second-floor function room and adds male WCs. Joinery, partitioning, M&E and sanitaryware packages are open to specialist subcontractors.
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51-52 Trumpington Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1RG
Listed building consent for HVAC and door works, Trumpington Street, Cambridge. Swaps roof HVAC condensers and cowls, adds one cowl, replaces six pavement lights with cast iron vent blocks, and replaces a side door. Conservation-grade M&E, cast ironwork and joinery packages suit specialist…
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Grassed Verge Of Clifton Way Clifton Road Industrial Estate Cambridge CB1 7EB
20m telecoms monopole with cabinets, Cambridge industrial estate. Installs six antennas, two equipment cabinets and three remote radio units on a verge at Clifton Road, under prior approval. Groundworks for the mast base, steel monopole erection and electrical connection for the cabinets suit…
GroundworksSteelM&E
21 Chapman Court Sackville Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2SG
Single-storey householder extension scheme, Cambridge, full application stage. Adds front and rear single-storey extensions and removes an existing rear side shed at 21 Chapman Court. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and roofing packages suit local trades, with glazing and joinery for the new…
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66 Victoria Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3EL
Roof extension and rear dormer, Cambridge householder scheme, full application. Enlarges an existing Victoria Park roof with a rear extension and conservation rooflights, at full application stage. Roof carpentry, structural steel, conservation rooflight supply and interior joinery suit local…
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35 Godwin Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 8QS
Two-storey rear extension with demolition of conservatory and shed, Cambridge. Replaces a conservatory and shed with a part single, part double-storey rear addition at full application stage. Demolition, brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local householder subcontractors, with groundworks…
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59 Bishops Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 9NQ
Single-storey front and side extension, Cambridge, at full application stage. Adds ground-floor space to an existing Bishops Road house in a high-value Cambridge market. Groundworks, brickwork, a new roof and glazing packages suit local trades and merchants.
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15 Corrie Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3QP
Loft conversion with hip-to-gable and rear dormer, Cambridge, full application. Adds a rear dormer, gable end and raised ridge to 15 Corrie Road, creating habitable roof space. Roof structure, steel beams, dormer glazing and gable brickwork are the packages for local roofers, steelfixers and…
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230 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8QE
Single-storey rear and infill extensions with refurbishment, Cambridge semi-detached house. Adds rear and courtyard extensions to a three-storey property at full householder application stage. Brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local builders, with joinery for the refurbishment works.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
6 Belvoir Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1JJ
Bungalow front extension and solar retrofit, Cambridge. Demolishes the existing garage, then adds a single-storey front extension, new windows and photovoltaic panels at full application stage. Demolition, brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local subcontractors, with solar installers also…
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Island Site Portacabin (H184) Island Site Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Hills Road CB2 0AH
Single-storey demolition prior approval, Cambridge Biomedical Campus site clearance. Removes one prefabricated building and its cycle stores at Hills Road, submitted as a prior approval notification. Asbestos surveys, strip-out, skip hire and make-good groundworks are the packages for local…
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Planning appeals in Cambridge City Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Cambridge City Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Cambridge City Council, raw rate
23.9%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.9%
national rates applied to this caseload
5 percentage points below expected. Cambridge City Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
400 appeals counted, 377 judged either way (90 allowed, 287 dismissed), 23 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 26.3% | 28.8% | 226 | 224 | 59 |
| Householder (HAS) | 21% | 35.6% | 87 | 81 | 17 |
| Enforcement Notice | 14.3% | 13.5% | 43 | 35 | 5 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 15.4% | 20.6% | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 0% | 36% | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 42.9% | 33.3% | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 33.3% | 25% | 6 | 6 | 2 |
5 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | Too few judged | 36.9% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Called In Planning Application | Too few judged | 72.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Cambridge City Council
Cambridge City Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Cambridge City Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent117 homes
- Affordable rent90 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Cambridge City Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder94% (188 decided)
- other89% (183 decided)
- residential94% (84 decided)
- institutional98% (58 decided)
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