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Builder leads · Cambridge
Builder leads in Cambridge: 87 new in 90 days.
87 applications filed with Cambridge City Council in the 90 days to 21 Oct 2026 mean work for builders, and 280 in the last 12 months. We read the register every day and post you the addresses, so your letter lands while they’re still choosing.
- filed in the 90 days to 21 Oct 2026
- 87
- in the last 12 months
- 280
- household & minor work granted, 2025
- 92.9%
Cambridge · building workby filing month
The work
What Cambridge's building applications are for, and where.
45% of Cambridge's 280 building applications in the last 12 months were single-storey extension, then extension (45).
The work clusters in CB1 (112), CB4 (83) and CB2 (28): those three postcode districts filed 80% of it.
Filings ran at about 36 a month over the last 5 full months, peaking in July 2026 with 41.
That is 16% of everything filed with Cambridge City Council in the year (1,700 applications); the rest is other trades' work, adverts, trees and paperwork.
The kinds of work, last 12 months
The trigger that put each application on a builder’s list. The full matching table
Where in Cambridge, by postcode district
Your patch can be the whole council, a few districts or a radius around your yard.
Off the register
The latest building applications in Cambridge, address hidden.
As filed with the council, newest first. Subscribers get the full site address, the planning reference and the reason it matched, for every one.
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15 Oct 2026 CB1 Awaiting decision
Single storey flat roof infill extension with roof light to the front.
●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, CB1Single-storey extension · work due now to 3 months from the decision -
15 Oct 2026 CB1 Awaiting decision
Part two storey and part single storey rear extension. Roof extension with rear dormers and 2 skylights to the front elevation. Erection of bin store and cycle shelter…
●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, CB1Two-storey / first-floor extension · work due now to 4 months from the decision -
14 Oct 2026 CB1 Awaiting decision
Single storey rear extension, part first & second storey rear extension, plus pitched roof over existingflat roof
●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, CB1Single-storey extension · work due now to 3 months from the decision -
14 Oct 2026 CB1 Awaiting decision
Single storey side and rear extension.
●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, CB1Single-storey extension · work due now to 3 months from the decision -
14 Oct 2026 CB4 Awaiting decision
Single storey side infill and rear extension, replacement of the existing first-floor outrigger roof with a dual-pitched roof and rear loft dormer. Roof lights to the…
●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, CB4Single-storey extension · work due now to 3 months from the decision -
12 Oct 2026 CB5 Awaiting decision
Single storey front (part) and rear extensions, removal of chimney, internal reconfigurations to the ground and first floors and erection of an outbuilding annex for…
●● ●●●●●●●● ●●●●, CB5Single-storey extension · work due now to 3 months from the decision
Descriptions are the applicant’s own words from the public register. We leave out any row that names a person or carries a house number.
Timing
Your letter lands before Cambridge decides.
Single-storey shells start 0–3 months after consent; two-storey 0–4.
- decided on time
- 92.1%
- household & minor granted
- 92.9%
- decisions in 2025
- 1,034
MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), Cambridge, 2025. “Household & minor” is the government’s “other” category, which holds householder applications: 696 granted of 749. Cambridge approval rates in full
- Day 0Plans filed with Cambridge City Council
The drawings go on the public register. That’s when we read them.
- Week 1Your letter lands
Addressed to the Owner/Occupier, before the homeowner has rung anyone.
- About week 8The council decides
The statutory target for household applications. Many take longer.
- ThenThey pick a builder
Your competitors meet them here. You wrote to them two months ago.
Patch check
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Tell us what you do and where. We’ll run the last 90 days of the public register through the same rules your list uses and show you the matching demand sitting in it right now. No card, no trial, no obligation.
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The rules
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One firm per trade per patch
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A limit on letters per home
We limit how many PlanWatch letters one household gets in a month, across every trade. Exclusive cover is never held back by that limit.
Price
£149 a month. Cambridge, yours.
Bricklayers & building contractors, Cambridge or any patch you choose, billed monthly. No contract, no trial. If someone in your trade already holds Cambridge, we tell you before you pay.
- An addressed list of every matching home in Cambridge, with the work filed and when your trade is needed
- Your patch, your trade, nobody else: exclusive cover, checked before you pay
- A CSV your printer or mailing house runs as it is
- First list in 24 hours, then only the new homes every month. Never the same address twice
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Straight answers
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How many builder leads are there in Cambridge?
87 in the 90 days to 21 Oct 2026, and 280 in the 12 months to the same date: planning applications filed with Cambridge City Council that match our rules for bricklayers & building contractors at high or medium confidence. Refused and withdrawn applications are not counted, and nothing is estimated.
What building work gets filed in Cambridge?
In the last 12 months: single-storey extension (127), extension (45), two-storey or first-floor extension (41) and outbuilding or annexe or detached garage (28). Single-storey shells start 0–3 months after consent; two-storey 0–4.
Which parts of Cambridge file the most building work?
By postcode district over the last 12 months: CB1 (112), CB4 (83), CB2 (28), CB5 (28) and CB3 (25). Your list can cover the whole council, a few districts, or a radius around your yard.
How quickly does Cambridge City Council decide planning applications?
Cambridge City Council decided 92.1% of its applications within the statutory time limit in 2025, and granted 92.9% of its "other" decisions, the government category that holds householder applications (696 of 749, MHCLG PS2 figures). The target for a householder application is eight weeks, so a letter sent the week it is filed lands well before the decision.
Can another builder in Cambridge get the same list?
Not from us while you hold it. Exclusive cover is one firm per trade per patch, and we check your patch is free before you pay. The register itself is public, so anyone can read it: what you pay for is the reading, the matching, the deduplication and a list your printer can post the same day.
How do I get the addresses?
Subscribe to Demand Radar for £149 a month. Your first list arrives within 24 hours, then only new homes every month, as a CSV your printer or mailing house can run as it is. Addresses are for letters to "The Owner/Occupier" only: no names, no phone numbers.
Near Cambridge
Builder leads nearby, and every other trade in Cambridge.
Builder leads near Cambridge
Other trades in Cambridge
Counts are refreshed daily from the register and dated 21 Oct 2026. In the 90-day count, “new” means filed from 24 Jul 2026 to 21 Oct 2026.
Cambridge filed 87 building applications in 90 days. Who wrote to them?
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