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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

3,388Searchable applications

384Recorded as pending

92%Approval rate · 1,577 approved or refused records

134Refused applications

1,443 approved · 134 refused · 155 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2019 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

Decided26/0705/TTPO
T1 (London plane) - Pruning Points 1 and 2: Pollard 2x long extending south facing branches arising from a common primary branch by removal of approximately 7-8m of branch lengh. Pruning point 3: Pollard the near vertical branch in the upper southwestern crown by removal of approx 3- 4m of lengh. All three pruning point to create a 2 - 2.25 clearance from the face of the building. To facilitate installation of scaffolding between the tree and the building. Tertiary branches to also be pruned back to the scaffold line where required, but only up to the height of the adjacent building Prune tertiary branch tips that are overhanging the building to have up to 1.5m clearance with top of building structure.
2 Journey Campus Castle Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AT
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/01286/CONDA
Submission of details required by condition 7 (Play Area Management Plan) of planning permission 26/01286/FUL
2 Clara Rackham Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3FJ
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided23/04687/COND24
Submission of details required by condition 24 (BRE design stage certificate - Site 1 only) of planning permission 23/04687/FUL
Barnwell Local Centre Barnwell Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8RG
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/0707/TTCA
Magnolia Grandiflora (Tree No.11) - To reduce tree by 2.5m in height and bring it in by 1.5m on the sides and front. Prunus laurocerasus (Located by Tree No.82) - Large oversized shrub to reduce height by 3m and the sides by 3m.Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Tree No.104)- Fell, stump grind and replace with Persian Ironwood Tree.Prunus sp. (Tree No. 204) - Remove limb back to trunk.
Selwyn College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/02630/FUL
Installation of 1 no. new communications Kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display
Land Outside 85 East Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1BY
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/02631/ADV
Installation of 1 no. internally illuminated Digital advertisement display within new communications Kiosk
Land Outside 85 East Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1BY
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/02632/FUL
Installation of 1 no. new communications Kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display
Land Outside 149 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/02633/ADV
Installation of 1 no. internally illuminated Digital advertisement display within new communications Kiosk
Land Outside 149 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/02636/FUL
Installation of 1 no. new communications Kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display
Land Outside 64 To 64 Chesterton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1EP
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/02637/ADV
Installation of 1 no. internally illuminated Digital advertisement display within new communications Kiosk
Land Outside 64 To 64 Chesterton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1EP
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/0709/TTCA
Robinia pseudocacia 'Umbraculifera' tree number 415Fell and grind the stump out and replace with a like for like tree.
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/0710/TTCA
Aesculus hippocastanumFell tree and grind out stump
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/0711/TTCA
Salix babylonica tree number 85Crown reduction height by 6m and laterals by 5m to create a pollard framework.
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/0712/TTCA
Tree number 489 Laburnum anagyroidesFell tree and grind out stump
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/0713/TTCA
Tree number 187 Quercus rubraFell and grind out the stump
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/0714/TTCA
Tree number 362 Betula pendula and tree number 363 Betula pendulaFell both trees and grind out both stump
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 10 Jul 2026
Decided26/02640/HFUL
Proposed single storey rear and side extensions and replacement windows
70 Tenison Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2DW
Received 13 Jul 2026
Decided26/02641/HFUL
Solar Panel Installation (south-facing part of roof faces the main road)
39 Chesterton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3AN
Received 13 Jul 2026
Decided26/02642/HFUL
Proposed replacement cycle store / shed
2 Gough Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9LN
Received 13 Jul 2026
Decided26/02643/CL2PD
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for a single storey pitched roof rear extension
68 Malletts Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 9HA
Received 13 Jul 2026
Decided26/02644/S73
S73 to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 25/00583/HFUL (Demolition of existing rear extension and garden room with new single storey rear extension and new annex in the rear garden and associated landscaping works) to incorporate front garden landscaping arrangements and the addition of a cycle store within the side passage.
14 Lyndewode Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2HL
Received 13 Jul 2026
Decided26/0715/TTCA
Tree tag number 20, Platanus x hispanicaLift the branches growing over the path to a height of 2m
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 13 Jul 2026
Decided26/0716/TTPO
Tree number 66 Platanus x hispanica Tree number 68 Platanus x hispanica Tree number 70 Platanus x hispanica Tree number 74 Platanus x hispanica Crown lift all the trees on the Madingley Road side of the trees (South) to 2m from ground level this is to clear the hedge and ditch to allow maintenance without damaging the trees.Crown lift all the trees to 1m from ground level on the East, west and north sides to allow maintenance without damaging the trees.
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 13 Jul 2026
Decided26/0717/TTCA
T1: Cherry - Fell (nearly dead)T2: Silver Birch - Fell (nearly dead)
West Court Development Site Clare Hall Herschel Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 13 Jul 2026

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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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