East of England · District
Cambridge
Cambridge approved 90.1% of the applications it decided, 3.1% above the England average.
Approved
90.1%
England 87%
Decided on time
93.2%
Inside the statutory period
Applications a year
1,083
Decided in the reporting year
Against the country
More permissive than the average.
The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).
Cambridge
90.1%
England
87%
Standard-method local housing need: 687 dwellings a year.
The rules here
What this authority decides against.
An application is judged against the adopted development plan unless material considerations say otherwise. This is that plan, and the levy that comes with it.
| Local plan | Cambridge Local Plan 2018 |
| Adopted | 2018-10-18 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy | Charging schedule adopted |
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What Wren does here
9.9% of applications here are refused.
Cambridge decided 1,083 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 9.9% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.
Wren drafts against Cambridge Local Plan 2018, a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Cambridge's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.