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South Cambridgeshire

In the last 12 months, 91.1% of householder applications were approved in South Cambridgeshire (112 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 54 days).

Full planning applications: 80.3% approved (61 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-05-11–2026-06-30): 94.1% of 2,772 decisions approved.

3,959Total applications
2,608Approved
164Refused
164Withdrawn
894Pending
94.1%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,956-
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Tree Works (TPO) 721 687 34
95.3%
Discharge of Conditions 717 717 0
100.0%
Householder 494 458 36
92.7%
Full Planning Application 242 213 29
88.0%
Listed Building Consent 124 117 7
94.4%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 111 101 10
91.0%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 106 98 8
92.5%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 88 88 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 87 62 25
71.3%
Advertisement Consent 45 39 6
86.7%
Outline Planning 13 6 7
46.2%
Reserved Matters 11 11 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 4 4 0
100.0%
S106A 4 4 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 3 1 2
33.3%
Hedgerow Removal 2 2 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 181 171
94.5%
2023-Q4 246 232
94.3%
2024-Q1 251 235
93.6%
2024-Q2 247 234
94.7%
2024-Q3 260 247
95.0%
2024-Q4 250 234
93.6%
2025-Q1 278 262
94.2%
2025-Q2 235 223
94.9%
2025-Q3 283 256
90.5%
2025-Q4 233 224
96.1%
2026-Q1 224 207
92.4%
2026-Q2 19 19
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Market 195 181 14
92.8%
Newnham 169 166 3
98.2%
Queen Ediths 145 138 7
95.2%
Shelford 143 133 10
93.0%
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn 121 118 3
97.5%
Harston & Comberton 108 108 0
100.0%
Castle 102 97 5
95.1%
Petersfield 101 96 5
95.0%
Melbourn 86 80 6
93.0%
Milton & Waterbeach 84 80 4
95.2%
Linton 81 79 2
97.5%
Histon & Impington 77 71 6
92.2%
Planning guides

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