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Cambridge City Council
Planning applications.

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
3,017Searchable applications
391Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 1,385 approved or refused records
116Refused applications

1,269 approved · 116 refused · 139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2019 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decided25/03500/ADV

    Installation of 2no fascia signs and 1no free standing wayfinding sign (all non-illuminated).

    Department Of Engineering 1 J J Thomson Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DY

    Received 8 Sept 2025
  2. Decided25/03506/FUL

    Creation of new basement/s for Hotel and Spa

    The Varsity Hotel And Spa 24 Thompsons Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8AQ

    Received 8 Sept 2025
  3. Decided25/00638/CONDB

    Submission of details required by condition 3 (written scheme of investigation) of planning permission 25/00638/FUL

    Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF

    Received 8 Sept 2025
  4. Decided25/03509/LBC

    Removal of asbestos internal ceiling and wall finishes and structural repair to loadbearing partition and suspended floors as part of building refurbishment at ground, first and second floor levels.

    21 Fitzwilliam Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1QH

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  5. Decided25/03511/SCOP

    EIA Scoping Opinion request pursuant to Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for a proposed employment park.

    Cambridge Employment Park Development CB23 8HB

    Received 8 Sept 2025
  6. Decided25/0939/TTCA

    Mulberry tree in No 44 - Reduce height and spread of tree by 2 - 2.5m and shape round

    44 Cyprus Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3QA

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  7. Decided25/0940/TTCA

    T1: Phillyrea - Ganoderma present at central union of primary scaffold limbs, one primary limb has already been shed. Remove to ground level due to high risk target area.

    63 Garden Walk Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3EW

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  8. Decided25/0941/TTCA

    T1: Self-set Ash- fell

    7 Alpha Terrace Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 9HS

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  9. Decided25/0942/TTCA

    T1 - Crab Apple x12ms - Reduce height by 1.5ms to leave at approximately 10.5ms. Reduce laterals limb by 1 to 1.5ms. Remove 1 limb supported by neighbouring property. Reduce remaining canopy overhang to neighbours by 1m and thin remaining crown by 10%, leaving tree with shaped and balanced crown.

    3 Alpha Terrace Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 9HS

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  10. Decided25/0944/TTCA

    T1 - Plum, fell

    St Edmunds College Mount Pleasant Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BN

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  11. Decided25/0945/TTCA

    T1 - False acacia - Laterally reduce southern aspect of canopy to provide 1m clearance of adjacent property (2 Belvoir Rd) - purning wounds not to exceed 70mm in diameter and branches to be reduced back to lateral branch unions.

    20 Humberstone Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1JF

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  12. Decided25/0946/TTCA

    T3 - Pear (approx 9ms) - Cut back overhanging canopy to fence line, being a reduction of 2ms.

    4 The Terrace St Peters Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BE

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  13. Decided25/0947/TTCA

    T4 - Tulip Tree - Prune back canopy over drive by 1m and upper section of crown growing into Silver Birch by approx x1m

    70 Grantchester Meadows Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9JL

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  14. Decided24/04252/CONDA

    Submisson of details required by condition 4 (management plan) of planning permission 24/04252/FUL

    18 Upper Gwydir Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LR

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  15. Decided25/0949/TTCA

    T1 - Aesculus hippocastanum -crown reduce by 1m, height and width. Crown thin by15-20% concentrating on water shoots and crossing branches.T2 - Acer pseuduplatanus - crown reduce by 2m, height and width. Crown thin by 10-15% concentrating on water shoots and crossing branches.T4 - Quecus robur - Lift crown to 1.5-2mT5 - Cupressus sempervirens - RemoveT16 x Cupressus (Leylandii) - RemoveT17 Ilex aquifolium - Reshape and reduce crown by 0.75m to clear telephone wire.

    5 Millington Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HW

    Received 9 Sept 2025
  16. Decided25/0952/TTCA

    Monkey Puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) located to the rear of 17 Emery Street. The tree is completely dead - fell

    17 Emery Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2AX

    Received 10 Sept 2025
  17. Decided25/03519/HFUL

    Erection of new garden shed in rear garden.

    124 Blinco Grove Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7TT

    Received 10 Sept 2025
  18. Decided25/00033/COND21

    Submission of details required by condition 21 (signage and materials) of planning permission 25/00033/S73

    Department Of Engineering 1 J J Thomson Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DY

    Received 5 Sept 2025
  19. Decided25/03524/LBC

    Installation of blinds to the glazing panels to protect the artwork in one of the walkways at Murray Edwards.

    Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF

    Received 10 Sept 2025
  20. Decided25/0954/TTCA

    T1: Cherry - Remove two stems, tree has already had one stem break out

    9 Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DP

    Received 10 Sept 2025
  21. Decided24/03964/CONDF

    Submission of details required by conditions 30 (tree pits - Phase 1) and 33 (arboricultural method statement and tree protection plan - Phase 1) of planning permisison 24/03964/FUL

    Land At 6-7, 8, 9-11, 13, 14-16 Mercers Row Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HY

    Received 10 Sept 2025
  22. Decided25/03541/HFUL

    First floor and second floor rear extension.

    3 Kings Meadow Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3FF

    Received 11 Sept 2025
  23. Decided25/03542/S73

    S73 to vary condition 2 (drawings) and 3 (materials) of ref: 25/02484/HFUL (Front porch, single storey rear and two storey side extensions) to add wood-look cladding around the front door, stone cladding on the porch pillars and brick slips under the ground floor bay window.

    70 Chalmers Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3SX

    Received 11 Sept 2025
  24. Unknown25/03544/TELNOT

    Installation of 1no 9m light wooden pole.

    Outside Of 530 Coldhams Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3JL

    Received 10 Sept 2025

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cambridge City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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