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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
90.9% of applications approved
Ranks #108 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.0% · rolling 2025 Q1 – 2025 Q4
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 #94 of 317 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
£489,500 median sale price
-1.1% year on year · 1,044 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/02445/LBC | 36 High Street Barrington Cambridgeshire | Mount solar panels on slate roof of modern rear extension. | Listedbuilding | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 26/02533/PRIOR | 21 Tamarin Gardens Teversham Cambridge South Cambridgeshire | Single storey rear extension. | Householder | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 26/0671/TTCA | 11 Spinney Drive And 3 Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire | TG1 - Reduce crown over hanging from neighbouring property by 1 - 2 metres, back to suitable growth points as needed,… | Other | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 26/0670/TTCA | St Edmunds College Mount Pleasant Cambridge Cambridgeshire | ROW OF 19 LAWSON CYPRESS in severe decline with Phytophthora lateralis - remove by roots, | Other | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 26/02523/TELNOT | 53 Harbour Avenue Comberton Cambridgeshire | Installation of 1no 10m light wooden pole. | Other | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 26/02493/CL2PD | 88 High Street Landbeach Cambridgeshire | Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for garage conversion into habitable living space. | Lawfuldevelopment | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 26/02521/TELNOT | 17 Bakers Close Comberton Cambridgeshire | Installation of 1no 9m light wooden pole. | Other | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 26/02454/FUL | 6 Romsey Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire | Change of use from a 6 bedroom 6 person House in Multiple Occupation to a 7 bedroom 7 person house in Multiple… | Changeofuse | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 26/02449/FUL | Quern House 3 Mill Court Great Shelford Cambridgeshire | Installation of 5 No. air conditioning units. | Fullplanning | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 26/02460/HFUL | 17 Thornton Road Girton Cambridgeshire | Single storey side and rear extension | Householder | 2 Jul 2026 |
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About this data
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 3 Jul 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by Cambridge, updated daily. The PlanNexus dashboard and API let you search the full archive of 170,433 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type — a free account includes 1,000 requests a month. The council's own portal is also linked above.
PlanNexus indexes Cambridge's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 3 Jul 2026.
90.9% of Cambridge's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q1 – 2025 Q4, against a national average of 87.0% (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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