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Huntingdonshire District Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Huntingdonshire District Council decided more than 2,200 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 11% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of – to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Huntingdonshire District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Huntingdonshire District Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Huntingdonshire District Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 2,200
Share refusedof those approved or refused 11%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date –middle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 6%of more than 480 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years 150
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 34%about one in three
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2019
Local Plan policies held 98plan adopted 2019

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Huntingdonshire District Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issues are: • whether the appeal site is suitable for housing, having regard to the character and appearance of the area; • the effect of the proposed development on highway safety; and • the effect of the proposed…”

    Dismissed, 2025

  • “The Council set out seven putative reasons for refusal. Prior to the hearing, it was confirmed that matters relating to highway safety and flooding and drainage had been addressed and were no longer at issue. Consequently, I have not treated…”

    Dismissed, 2024

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development upon highway safety.”

    Dismissed, 2022

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.”

    Dismissed, 2020

  • “The main issues are: • The effect of the development proposed on the character of the surrounding area and the countryside; • The effect of the development proposed on trees and hedgerows; • The effect of the development proposed on…”

    Dismissed, 2020

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.