Planning Approval Rate in Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire is somewhat more approving than the England average for planning permission: it approves 90.6% of applications and decides 93.7% of them within the statutory time limit, ranking #115 of 310 English authorities. This page sets out how hard it is to get planning permission in Huntingdonshire, how quickly the council decides, and how it compares with its neighbours — from official government figures plus the live planning activity PlanWatch tracks across Huntingdonshire District Council.
Source: official MHCLG planning statistics (PS2), 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Based on 1,053 decisions (954 granted, 99 refused).
How Huntingdonshire compares
| Huntingdonshire | 90.6% |
| East of England average | 86.1% |
| England average | 87% |
Huntingdonshire is 3.6 points easier than the England average.
How hard is it to get planning permission in Huntingdonshire?
Huntingdonshire is a little more approving than the median English authority, granting 90.6% of the applications it decides (rank 115th of 310). That puts it somewhat more approving than the England average — 90.6% approved against an England average of 87%. Within East of England it is the 14th most approving of 45 local planning authorities, where the regional average is 86.1%. Refusals are uncommon here: 99 of its 1,053 decisions were refusals (9.4%). On the split by scale it is about as likely to approve major schemes as small ones: 95.1% of major developments approved versus 93.4% of householder and other small-scale work, from 41 major decisions.
On timing it is a little faster than average, deciding 93.7% of applications within the statutory period against 90.6% nationally. Its figures rest on a mid-sized caseload of 1,053 decisions over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025, where the typical English authority decides around 783. Among its East of England neighbours it sits between Cambridge (90.9%, more approving) and King's Lynn and West Norfolk (89.3%, stricter). For context in East of England, Norwich approves the most (95.6%) and Epping Forest the least (66.1%).
Compare Huntingdonshire with nearby councils
Approval rates for other authorities in East of England. See the full East of England league table.
Approval rate by development scale in Huntingdonshire
Live planning activity in Huntingdonshire District Council
From the latest planning data PlanWatch holds (to 7 August 2026). These are the records we've collected — the freshness the annual government table lacks.
What people apply for in Huntingdonshire District Council
Where planning activity concentrates in Huntingdonshire District Council
Recent applications in Huntingdonshire District Council
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Planning permission in Huntingdonshire: common questions
Is it hard to get planning permission in Huntingdonshire?
On the latest official figures Huntingdonshire is somewhat more approving than the England average and a little more approving than the median English authority, approving 90.6% of the 1,053 applications it decided over 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 against 87% for England.
What percentage of planning applications does Huntingdonshire approve or refuse?
Refusals are uncommon here: 90.6% approved and 9.4% refused — 954 granted and 99 refused of 1,053 decisions, with major schemes approved at 95.1% and householder and other work at 93.4%.
How quickly does Huntingdonshire decide planning applications?
On timing Huntingdonshire is a little faster than average: 93.7% of applications were decided within the statutory period — eight weeks for most, thirteen for major schemes — against 90.6% nationally.
Is Huntingdonshire stricter than nearby councils?
Huntingdonshire's 90.6% approval rate makes it the 14th most approving of 45 authorities in East of England, against a 86.1% regional average. Neighbouring Cambridge approves 90.9% and King's Lynn and West Norfolk 89.3%.
Can I use Huntingdonshire's approval rate to predict whether my application will be approved?
No — the approval rate is a historic average across every application Huntingdonshire decided, not a prediction for any individual application; your outcome depends on the site, the proposal, local planning policy and any objections.
Methodology & limits
Approval, refusal and in-time rates come from the government's official PS2 planning application statistics (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government), covering 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. This dataset is England-only and published annually, so it lags live activity. Live figures are the applications PlanWatch has collected for Huntingdonshire District Council and are not a complete council register. Refusal reasons and delegated-vs-committee splits are not published in this data.
This is a historic average, not a prediction. It cannot tell you whether your application will be approved — that depends on your site, proposal, local policy and any objections.
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