Greater Cambridge planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Greater Cambridge Shared Planning, updated daily. Greater Cambridge Shared Planning received 186 planning applications in the last 90 days, 6 of them major schemes. 94% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 48 days.
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Recent applications in Greater Cambridge
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Land North Of Cherry Hinton Coldhams Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire
66-bedroom care home reserved matters, Cambridge. Approves appearance, landscape, layout and scale for a 3,261 sqm C2 facility following outline permission. M&E, structural systems and specialist care fit-out drive procurement once details lock.
Chatteris Wind Farm
15-turbine Chatteris wind farm, EIA scoping stage. Vattenfall seeks a PINS scoping opinion for up to 15 turbines, 220m tip height, before its DCO application. Turbine foundations, cabling and substation groundworks will be major civils packages once consent is granted.
Land At Saffron Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire
242 sqm cafe and bar conversion in Cambridge, full application. Part of a sales and marketing arena on Saffron Way changes use, with a new canopy added at full application stage. Bar and kitchen fit-out, canopy steelwork, and extraction and drainage services are the packages for local specialist…
Fit-outSteelM&E
Street Record Bourn Road Caxton Cambridgeshire
One custom self-build dwelling, Caxton. Permission in Principle for a single dwelling on Plot 2, establishing use and layout before detailed design. Foundations, frame and envelope packages suit local builders and material suppliers preparing for reserved matters submission.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Agricultural Building To The Rear Of 38 Histon Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire
Cottenham parking and landscaping amendment to approved housing layout, Cambridge. Adds six on-street parking bays and revises one plot's parking under reference 25/00054/REM. Hard landscaping, kerbing and surfacing for the extra bays are the packages to chase.
St Helena And St Marys Church High Street Bourn Cambridgeshire
Single brick buttress to a churchyard boundary wall, Bourn. Adds one new brick support to an existing south wall at full application stage. Structural repair and masonry packages suit small local contractors with lime or brick mortar skills.
Structural repairBrickworkGroundworks
Redmere Wind Farm
Redmere Wind Farm scoping request, Cambridgeshire, for up to 32 turbines at 220m tip height. Seeks EIA scope ahead of a Development Consent Order application to PINS. Turbine supply, foundations and grid connection contractors should track this early-stage pipeline.
Devonshire Gardens Devonshire Road Cambridge CB1 2BJ
Minor amendment to a Cambridge residential scheme, removing balustrades from Block F&G western elevation. Adjusts approved drawings without changing the substance of the permission. The parent scheme remains live; glazing and external detailing specifications are still open.
Land West Of North Brook End Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire
Agricultural track and hardstanding prior approval, Steeple Morden. Forms a field access track and turning hardstanding for machinery under a permitted-development prior approval notification. Groundworks, aggregate and geotextile supply, and plant hire for hardcore spreading suit local civils…
GroundworksHard landscaping
Land South Of Pumping Station Twentypence Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire
Lawful development certificate for seven parking spaces and fencing, Cottenham. Seeks confirmation that the works are lawful without full planning permission. Parking surfacing and boundary fencing remain possible follow-on jobs for local groundworkers and fencing contractors if the certificate is…
Car Park Henley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Non-material amendment to permission 25/04740/FUL, Cambridge car park site. Alters the approved drainage strategy without changing the permission's substance. Drainage contractors should expect the parent scheme to be progressing toward build, with revised drainage details still open.
Land To The South-west And East Of Hinxton Grange Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire
Hedgerow removal notice for up to 8 metres, Hinxton. Seeks consent to remove a section of hedgerow on agricultural land under the Hedgerow Regulations. No building works follow; the site remains open to future development pending separate planning permission.
1-2 Dock Lane Horningsea Cambridgeshire
Tree removal notice for a dead birch in a Horningsea conservation area. Five-day notice to remove one dead tree at 1-2 Dock Lane. No building works follow, so arboricultural contractors are the only trade involved.
Green To The Front Of Manor Farm Blench Lane Hildersham Cambridgeshire
Conservation area tree works notification, Hildersham, Cambridgeshire. Seeks consent to crown lift a horse chestnut on the front green to clear overhead BT wires. Arboricultural contractors only; no building works follow, and the parent scheme is not affected.
Land North Of Cherry Hinton Coldhams Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Contamination materials management plan discharge on a Cherry Hinton, Cambridge scheme. Submits condition 71 details required under a section 73 permission before the parent scheme can proceed. Groundworks and remediation contractors should expect soil handling and disposal requirements to be fixed…
Planning appeals in Greater Cambridge Shared Planning
SiteLens has no Planning Inspectorate appeal attributed to Greater Cambridge Shared Planning for the period the Inspectorate publishes (appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06).
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 Greater Cambridge Shared Planning
Developer contributions at Greater Cambridge Shared Planning
Developers pay into planning obligations at Greater Cambridge Shared Planning, each sum tied to a purpose in the agreement.
Available is the register's own figure: money banked against a purpose in a signed agreement and not yet paid out. Councils differ on whether it excludes earmarked sums.
| Purpose | Collected | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Open space and play | £24,622,317 | £6,157,227 |
| Sport and leisure | £13,229,055 | £4,512,314 |
| Community facilities | £39,669,254 | £2,193,891 |
| Health and social care | £4,540,315 | £2,065,077 |
| Biodiversity and ecology | £1,413,224 | £972,792 |
| Affordable housing | £12,328,087 | £563,401 |
| Public realm and heritage | £4,205,109 | £341,821 |
| Waste and recycling | £246,412 | £246,412 |
| Highways and transport | £2,321,840 | £243,003 |
| Flood and drainage | £1,389,189 | £117,407 |
| Air quality | £321,351 | £57,478 |
| Monitoring and administration | £78,489 | £16,504 |
| Community safety | £666,969 | None |
| Education | £284,417 | None |
| Carbon and energy | £153,397 | None |
| Employment and skills | £62,400 | None |
| Libraries and culture | £16,778 | None |
| Other local categories | £243,332 | £94,368 |
Source: Greater Cambridge Shared Planning's Section 106 register, read on 3 November 2026. Figures are the whole of each register as published on that date, not a recent period. Our collected totals match each register’s own published total exactly. Purposes are grouped from the council's own wording.
Greater Cambridge Shared Planning approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- other95% (56 decided)
- residential94% (50 decided)
- householder91% (23 decided)
- commercial100% (12 decided)
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Applications on a live map, with categories, trades and plain-English briefs. Filter by estimated value band.
Constraints and tenders
24 constraint flags on every site, and the public tenders and awards near it.
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