Peterborough planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Peterborough City Council, updated daily. Peterborough City Council received 348 planning applications in the last 90 days, 8 of them major schemes. 86% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 43 days.
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Recent applications in Peterborough
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The Limes, Main Street, Barnack, Stamford, PE9 3DN
11-dwelling barn conversion and new-build scheme, listed building consent stage. Demolishes modern farm sheds, converts listed stone barns into four homes and adds seven new dwellings in Barnack. Stone repair, roofing and joinery on the listed fabric open for specialist subcontractors, alongside…
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Limes Farm, Main Street, Barnack, Stamford, PE9 3DN
11-dwelling barn conversion and new-build scheme, Barnack. Converts four stone barns and adds seven new homes after farm building demolition, at full application. Listed stone repointing, roofing and joinery on the barns, with groundworks and drainage, suit specialist subcontractors.
DemolitionGroundworksFaçade repair
St Eves House, Newark Road, Peterborough, PE1 5YD
Commercial redevelopment with four new units, Peterborough. Demolishes existing storage units at St Eves House and erects four new commercial units at full application stage. Demolition, groundworks, steel frame and cladding packages are open to local contractors, steel fabricators and cladding…
DemolitionGroundworksSteel
1020, Lincoln Road, Peterborough, PE4 6AL
Two-storey replacement shop with flat above, Peterborough. New building combining ground-floor retail (Class E) and a first-floor residential unit at full application stage. Brickwork, structural frame and retail shopfront glazing form the primary packages, with fit-out and M&E following.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
43, Churchfield Road, Peterborough, PE4 6HE
Single new bungalow, Churchfield Road, Peterborough, at full application stage. A detached dwelling on a plot at 43 Churchfield Road, with a new build on an existing plot. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and drainage packages suit local small builders and merchants.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
The Avenue Willow Drove Newborough Fen Peterborough PE6 7QB
Single-storey barn conversion to a three-bed home, Newborough Fen, at full application stage. Converts an existing barn into one single-level three-bedroom home on a rural Fenland plot. Roofing, joinery, insulation and glazing packages suit local trades, with drainage and M&E for rural services.
BrickworkRoofingJoinery
172 - 174 Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2UF
First-floor office extension, Park Road Peterborough, full application. Adds upper-floor office floorspace to an existing commercial building at 172-174 Park Road, at full application stage. Brickwork, steel beams over the new floor, roof tie-in and window glazing are the packages open to local…
BrickworkSteelRoofing
Priestgate Court Priestgate Peterborough
Listed building consent for dormer redesign across 30 blocks, Peterborough. Reworks the lead-lined second-floor dormer windows on existing blocks 1-30 at Priestgate Court. Lead roofing, dormer joinery and glazing packages suit specialist conservation roofers and heritage joiners.
Roof repairJoinery
Walton Community Centre Mountsteven Avenue Walton Peterborough PE4 6HX
Community centre converting to pharmacy, Walton, Peterborough. Change of use of an existing Walton building to a Class E(e) pharmacy at full application stage. Dispensary fit-out, consulting room partitioning and electrical works suit local interior fit-out and M&E subcontractors.
Fit-outM&E
4 Burton Street, Peterborough, PE1 5HD
Single modular teaching cabin, Peterborough, full planning application. A new cabin for student teaching and nursery use is proposed at 4 Burton Street. Base groundworks and power connections suit local groundworkers and electrical subcontractors.
GroundworksM&E
The Maltings Aldermans Drive West Town Peterborough PE3 6AR
Internal reconfiguration adding three bedrooms, Peterborough, full application stage. Reworks the internal layout of an existing building at The Maltings to create three additional bedrooms without external extension. Partition framing, joinery, bathroom plumbing and fire-separation fit-out are the…
Fit-outJoineryM&E
28 - 29, Fenlake House, Fenlake Business Centre, Peterborough, PE1 5BQ
Office-to-training centre change of use, Peterborough, full application stage. Converts offices at Fenlake House into a mixed Class E(g) and F1(a) adult vocational training and employment centre. Light fit-out, partitioning, accessible WCs and ventilation upgrades suit local interior fit-out and…
Fit-outM&E
Ascot House Lynch Wood Peterborough
Hand car wash change of use with canopy, Peterborough, full application stage. Converts overspill car park land at Lynch Wood to a hand car wash, adding a steel canopy and metal screening. Drainage for wash bays and hard surfacing, plus canopy steelwork and screen fabrication, are the packages open…
GroundworksSteelDrainage
59 English Drove Thorney Peterborough PE6 0TJ
First-floor extension and garage conversion, Thorney, Peterborough. Adds first-floor space, converts the garage and adds a porch canopy at full application stage. Render, roof tie-in and joinery suit local trades, with insulation and electrics in the garage conversion.
BrickworkRoofingJoinery
Jubilee House, First Drift, Wothorpe, Stamford, PE9 3JL
6m single-storey rear extension, prior approval, Peterborough. Permitted-development rear extension projecting 6m from the original wall, 3.9m high, at a Wothorpe property within Peterborough. Groundworks for the footings, brickwork and a new roof are the packages to target, with rear glazing and…
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Planning appeals in Peterborough City Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Peterborough City Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Peterborough City Council, raw rate
22.5%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
29.9%
national rates applied to this caseload
7.4 percentage points below expected. Peterborough City Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
350 appeals counted, 338 judged either way (76 allowed, 262 dismissed), 12 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 | 18.6% | 28.8% | 205 | 204 | 38 |
| Householder (HAS) | 32.4% | 35.6% | 71 | 68 | 22 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 45% | 33.3% | 20 | 20 | 9 |
| Enforcement Notice | 0% | 13.5% | 20 | 16 | 0 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 44.4% | 36.9% | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 28.6% | 36% | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 14.3% | 25% | 7 | 7 | 1 |
6 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tree Preservation Order | Too few judged | 20.6% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Common Land | None judged | Not published | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Section 106 Agreement | Too few judged | 39.8% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 Peterborough City Council
Peterborough City Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Peterborough City Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent58 homes
- Shared ownership26 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.
Peterborough City Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder85% (185 decided)
- other96% (140 decided)
- commercial80% (61 decided)
- residential59% (22 decided)
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