Market planning approval rate
Market ward in Cambridge has a 97.5% approval rate based on 711 planning decisions. Cambridge overall: 92.4%.
Last updated: September 2026
97.5%
ward approval rate
711
Decisions
693
Approved
18
Refused
92.4%
Cambridge average
Market is 5.1 percentage points above the Cambridge average, making it one of the more permissive wards in this council area. Applications here have historically faced lower refusal rates.
How Market compares
Market ward
97.5%
Cambridge overall
92.4%
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Recent decisions in Market
Enlargement of a doorway in a partition wall within the kitchen in rear single s · Fri 25 Sep 2026
Creating a new pedestrian double gate in the existing garden wall within the cur · Tue 22 Sep 2026
Creating a new pedestrian double gate in the existing garden wall within the cur · Tue 22 Sep 2026
Alterations to the upper floors including raising the roof of the existing 1.5-s · Tue 22 Sep 2026
Rear extensions and alterations to the ground floor (Use Class E commercial). · Tue 22 Sep 2026
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✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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