Newnham planning approval rate
Newnham ward in Cambridge has a 96.2% approval rate based on 238 planning decisions. Cambridge overall: 90.4%.
Last updated: March 2026
96.2%
ward approval rate
238
Decisions
229
Approved
9
Refused
90.4%
Cambridge average
Newnham is 5.8 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 Newnham compares
Newnham ward
96.2%
Cambridge overall
90.4%
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Recent decisions in Newnham
Sweet Chestnut : Crown lift over the Vicarage parking area to 4m, removing epico · Thu 01 Apr 2021
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Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 5,770 decisions.