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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
90.1% of applications approved
Ranks #116 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
27.8% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #98 of 315 for decisions upheld · national average 32.1% · 169 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£490,000 median sale price
-0.1% year on year · 1,080 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
58.8% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #13 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 53,607 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/03109/CL2PD | 5 Hop Bine Drive Waterbeach Cambridgeshire | Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for garage conversion into habitable living space. | Lawfuldevelopment | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 26/0887/TTCA | 34 Priory Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire | T1 - Tamarix - Remove to ground level ( Tree is dying) | Treeworks | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 26/03114/CL2PD | 34 Brook Street Elsworth Cambridgeshire | Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for the construction of a garden office / studio. | Lawfuldevelopment | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 25/04170/NMA1 | Parcel 4 And 4.3, Waterbeach Barracks Key Phase 1 Denny End Road Waterbeach… | Non material amendment on application 25/04170/REM for minor changes to the elevation design comprising, minor changes… | Other | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 25/03083/CONDA | Westfield Farm Barn Cambridge Road Hauxton Cambridgeshire | Submission of details required by conditions 5 (bat licence) and 6 (construction ecological management plan (CEcMP)) of… | Dischargeconditions | 14 Aug 2026 |
| S/3440/18/COND12D | Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridge | Submission of details required by condition 12 (remaining areas design code) of outline planning permission S/3440/18/OL | Dischargeconditions | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 25/04728/CONDF | Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire | Submission of details required by condition 17 (access arrangements) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL | Dischargeconditions | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 25/04728/CONDE | Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire | Submission of details required by condition 30 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL | Dischargeconditions | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 26/0878/TTCA | The Cottage The Main Road Papworth St Agnes Cambridgeshire | T1 Rowan - remove | Treeworks | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 25/04728/CONDG | Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire | Submission of details required by condition 5 (ditch infilling) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL | Dischargeconditions | 14 Aug 2026 |
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We index every application published on Cambridge’s planning portal (Idox Public Access) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://applications.greatercambridgeplanning.org/online-applicationsNewest application received 17 Aug 2026.
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PlanNexus indexes Cambridge's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 17 Aug 2026.
90.1% of Cambridge's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q2 – 2026 Q1, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
27.8% of appeals against Cambridge decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.1%, across 169 decided appeals.
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