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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cambridge City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
3,147Searchable applications
392Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 1,442 approved or refused records
120Refused applications

1,322 approved · 120 refused · 147 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2019 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas18 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas18 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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  1. Decided25/1429/TTPO

    T48 Yew - Remove new growth obstructing driveway, to restore the profile as existed following previous permitted work in 2005. The 2005 work under permission reference TWA/019/05 was a crown lift to 2.85m.The new proposed work does not seek any further gain in height or change to the structure of the tree, merely to remove new small growth below the 2.85m height limit that is now obstructing the driveway.

    24 Sedley Taylor Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8PN

    Received 9 Dec 2025
  2. Decided25/04783/HFUL

    Single storey side infill and rear extension. Alteration to existing dormer incorporating raising the ridge height and extension over existing two storey outrigger. Alterations to fenestration, addition of 1no. window to front elevation and installation of PV solar panels.

    9 Marlowe Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9JW

    Received 9 Dec 2025
  3. Decided25/04785/CLUED

    Certificate of lawfulness under S191 for confirmation that building operations to extend a maisonette are lawful.

    26 Woburn Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2SS

    Received 9 Dec 2025
  4. Decided25/04788/S73

    S73 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) and condition 20 (lighting strategy) of ref: 25/00102/FUL (Demolition of an existing detached bungalow and the erection of 3 No. dwellings and alteration to access) to amend the fenestration and additon of rooflight and increase in window size and amend the wording of condition 20.

    310 Histon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3HS

    Received 9 Dec 2025
  5. Decided24/02417/NMA1

    Non material amendment on application 24/02417/S73 for submission of drawing 2202-203/T5 indicating location of 2no. external air conditioning units and associated planted screening.

    1-31 St Philip Howard Church Centre Walpole Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3TH

    Received 9 Dec 2025
  6. Decided25/04792/HFUL

    Demolition of existing conservatory to build a single-story rear extension.

    47 Chesterfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1LN

    Received 9 Dec 2025
  7. Decided25/03014/CONDB

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Joinery scale of 1:20) of Listed Building consent 25/03014/LBC.

    9 Tennis Court Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1QJ

    Received 9 Dec 2025
  8. Decided25/04797/FUL

    Installation of Air Source Heat Pumps at H, L, P, T, U and Z Blocks

    Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  9. Decided25/04798/FUL

    Installation 3 No. Air Source Heat Pumps and internal upgrades to heating systems in Blocks W and X

    Blocks W And X Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  10. Decided25/04799/LBC

    Installation 3 No. Air Source Heat Pumps and internal upgrades to heating systems in Blocks W and X

    Blocks W And X Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  11. Decided25/04800/FUL

    Installation of a new substation and single storey extension to Maintenance Building for switch room.

    Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  12. Decided25/04801/FUL

    Construction of floodlit padel tennis facility with club hut and landscaping

    Cambridge Rugby Union Club Grantchester Road Newnham Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9ED

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  13. Decided25/1433/TTCA

    T1 - Apple: top and fell as close to ground level as possible

    54 Young Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LZ

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  14. Withdrawn25/04806/CL2PD

    Certification of lawfulness under S192 for proposed use of an outbuilding garden room as an ancillary annexe with bed rooms / multifunction room to form the part of the existing HMO.No external works are required.

    50 Ditton Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8SR

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  15. Decided20/03373/COND11

    Submission of details required by condition 11 (BRE post construction certificate) of planning permission 20/03373/S73

    Park Street Multistorey Car Park Park Street Cambridge

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  16. Decided25/1434/TTPO

    T1 - Willow x16ms in height: repollard (usual cyclical pruning), equating to a reduction of 4ms regrowth

    31 Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EL

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  17. Decided25/1435/TTCA

    T1- Apple- formatively prune and shape by 1 meter.T2- Apple- formatively prune and shape by 1 meter.T3- Holly- reduce and shape by 1.5 meters.To maintain in their current location.

    26 Owlstone Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9JH

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  18. Decided25/04816/LBC

    Repair, reconditioning, draught proofing and repainting of windows on all elevations, upgrading of glazing where required to improve thermal and acoustic performance and replacement of existing dormer windows to match neighbouring properties.

    20 Maids Causeway Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DA

    Received 11 Dec 2025
  19. Decided25/1437/TTCA

    Initial Works ,Jan_Feb 2026,Carry out selective removal of the largest, damaged, and diseased stems. No more than one-third of the total stems will be removed at this stage. All work will be undertaken in accordance with BS 3998: Recommendations for Tree Work.Ongoing Management, Subsequent coppicing will take place on a 1 - 5 year cycle during the winter period, harvesting no more than one-third of the stems each time. Material will be used for pea shoots and sustainable canes for the College. Smaller canes pencil thick can be harvested annually, larger bean canes more 5 yearly. No more than a third at a time

    115 Grantchester Meadows Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9JN

    Received 11 Dec 2025
  20. Decided22/02066/NMA1

    Non-material amendment on application 22/02066/FUL for minor design detail alterations to terraces including installation of external balustrades and automatic opening vents, changes to plinths, roof coping, ground floor brick coursing, window mullions, entrance piers, living room window positions and benches. Minor design detail alterations to Block A including changes to piers, recession of pre-cast plinth, reduction and simplification of windows to rear elevation, reorganisation of windows in hallway, omission of seminar rooflight, doors, windows and sidelight, addition of external condenser units within the cycle store and bricking up of existing basement windows. Minor design detail alterations to Block B including changes to piers, smoke vents, window numbers/sizes and entrance door, reduction of windows, raising of window cill heights and removal of external balustrades, omission of ASHP enclosure and removal of lift overrun. Minor design detail alterations to the Substation including the omission of door on east elevation and alignment of door heads to meet UKPS requirements.

    Owlstone Croft Owlstone Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9JJ

    Received 11 Dec 2025
  21. Decided21/02957/COND18E

    Submission of details required by condition 18 (external materials) of Transport and Works Act Order 21/02957/TWA

    West Anglia Main Line Land Adjacent To Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge Cambridgeshire

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  22. Decided25/04822/HFUL

    Single storey infill extension

    26 Ferry Path Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1HB

    Received 11 Dec 2025
  23. Decided25/04823/S73

    S73 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) and 3 (materials) of ref: 17/2015/FUL (Change of use and ground floor reconfiguration and first floor side and rear extension, replacement of existing conservatory and sheds with a Nail Bar (Use Class Sui Generis) Increase in height of development, Changes to external materials, Alteration to surface treatment/hardstanding and Changes to shop frontage.

    1 Vinery Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3DR

    Received 11 Dec 2025
  24. Decided25/1438/TTCA

    G1 - Taxus baccata outgrown hedge - Crown reduction to 2m away from building and up to up to 1.5m to rest of crown. T1 - Crataegus pinnatifida var. major - Fell tree to ground level.T2 - Fraxinus sp - Fell tree to ground level.G2- 2no Cryptomeria japonica 1no Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Thin group by removing to ground level.

    Cambridge University Botanic Garden Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JF

    Received 11 Dec 2025

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