Rooflight planning approval rate in Greater Cambridge
94% of 33 decided rooflight applications in Greater Cambridge were approved.
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
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94%
Approval rate, all years, from 33 decided
33
decided rooflight applications in Greater Cambridge: 31 approved, 2 refused
92%
Recent rate, decided since 2022, from 13 decided
How to read these rates
These are historical outcomes for the applications in our archive, not the chance of approval for your property. Compare the same project type and read the decided count alongside each percentage.
About the planning data
Rate = approved divided by approved plus refused, using the decisions in our classified archive. Rates are withheld as unknown where fewer than 8 records of that project type were decided. Withdrawn applications are excluded.
Recent means records dated 2022 or later. Records without a year are excluded from the recent rate but remain in the all-years figure. Historical coverage varies by council, and duplicate application references may remain in the archive.
Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England. The wider 20.6 million application catalogue is accessible through PlanIT; it is not the dataset used to calculate these percentages.
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Example rooflight decisions in Greater Cambridge
These examples deliberately include approved and refused applications where available. They are not a representative sample or a list of the latest decisions. Look up each reference on the council's planning search to read the plans and decision notice.
| Reference | Year | Decision | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25/03319/CL2PD | 2025 | Approved | Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for a proposed roof extension with rear facing dormer and the addition of 2no. rooflights to front elevation. 342 Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1LW |
| 25/03326/HFUL | 2025 | Approved | Retrospective application for 2No. rooflights to rear roof. 83 Victoria Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3BS |
| 24/00181/HFUL | 2024 | Approved | Roof extension including the raising of the ridge, formation of a dormer window to the rear roof slope and installation of 2 No. roof lights to the front roo... 178 Sturton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QF |
| 24/02854/HFUL | 2024 | Approved | Rear roof extension including rear dormer and addition of new rooflights to front and rear. 75 Hinton Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7AR |
| 22/00180/HFUL | 2022 | Refused | Loft conversion with rear dormers and roof lights to the front elevation 26 Norwich Street Cambridge CB2 1NE |
| S/4043/19/DC | 2020 | Refused | Discharge of Conditions 4 (Plaster specifications) 5 (Rooflights) & 6 (Construction details) of planning permission S/2692/17/LB 3 High Street Foxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB22 6SP |
About the planning data
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
Other project types in Greater Cambridge
- Single-storey rear extension 94%, 155 decided
- Two-storey rear extension 86%, 81 decided
- Wraparound extension 100%, 28 decided
- Side extension 96%, 72 decided
- Loft conversion and dormer 87%, 23 decided
- Outbuilding and garden room 92%, 37 decided
- Porch 100%, 11 decided
- Garage conversion 94%, 17 decided
- Basement 100%, 10 decided
- Window and door 91%, 57 decided