New housing in East Cambridgeshire District Council
We read East Cambridgeshire District Council's planning register every day. We hold 22,338 of its planning applications going back to 2005, and 100 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 116% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 116% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 22,338
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 91 | 47 | 9 |
| 2025 | 100 | 66 | 24 |
| 2024 | 107 | 65 | 28 |
| 2023 | 117 | 62 | 24 |
| 2022 | 155 | 96 | 29 |
| 2021 | 176 | 120 | 32 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,607 | Land At High Flyer Farm North Of Apollo Chase Ely Cambridgeshire Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for access, for mixed use development consisting of residential development (Use Class C3) of up to 1,607 dwellings, Ely Country Park extension, community… 26/00753/ESO | Awaiting decision | 23 Jul 2026 |
| 1,200 | Land North Of Cam Drive Ely Cambridgeshire Application for the modification or discharge of a planning obligation 13/00785/ESO for residential led development of up to 1,200 homes with associated employment and community uses (including care home or extra care… 26/00010/MPO | Awaiting decision | 31 Dec 2025 |
| 1,100 | Site South Of Grange Lane Littleport Cambridgeshire SCOPING OPINION - Outline Planning Application for the erection of up to 1,100 residential dwellings (including affordable housing), retirement care scheme (Class C2), local centre, retail supermarket, community uses… 24/00250/SCOPE | Decided | 7 Mar 2024 |
| 536 | Land At High Flyer Farm North Of Kings Avenue Ely Cambridgeshire Reserved matters for layout, scale, appearance, access and landscaping for 536 dwellings (Phase 3) following outline planning permission 11/01077/ESO 25/01206/RMM | Approved | 11 Dec 2025 |
| 350 | Land Adjacent To Melton Farm Newmarket Road Burwell Application for the modification of a planning obligation in the s106 agreement associated with planning permission ref. 15/01175/OUM (for "Redevelopment of land at Newmarket Road, Burwell to provide up to 350 dwellings… 26/00521/MPO | Awaiting decision | 13 May 2026 |
| 350 | Millstone Park Burwell Newmarket Road CB25 0BA Reserved matters application of the approval of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping (Phase 4) in relation to the internal road layout and plot sub division of 18 development plots within a self-build zone… 24/00925/RMM | Approved | 3 Sept 2024 |
| 286 | Land Parcel North And West Of Millfield Primary School Grange Lane Littleport Cambridgeshire Reserved matters application of the approval of the layout, scale, appearance and landscaping (phase 3) for 286 dwellings, 34 self-build unit plots, mixed use building, public open space, play areas, sustainable urban… 25/00098/RMM | Approved | 28 Jan 2025 |
| 234 | Land North Of 49 Brook Street Soham Cambridgeshire SCREENING OPINION - Residential Development of up to 234 dwellings 26/00299/SCREEN | Approved | 11 Mar 2026 |
| 199 | Land At Downfield Farm Fordham Road Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AH Reserved matters approval relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 199 dwellings, public open space, play area, sustainable urban drainage and other associated infrastructure pursuant to outline… 24/00306/RMM | Approved | 19 Mar 2024 |
| 197 | Land To North Of Saxon Business Park Woodfen Road Littleport Cambridgeshire Reserved Matters application seeking approval of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 197 dwellings (Use Class C3) and 20 self-build unit plots pursuant to hybrid planning permission 20/01238/FUM (as varied by… 25/01223/RMM | Approved | 6 Nov 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Aldreth
- Ashley (East Cambridgeshire)
- Barway
- Bottisham
- Brinkley
- Burrough Green
- Burwell
- Cheveley
- Chippenham (East Cambridgeshire)
- Chittering
- Coveney
- Down Field
- Ely
- Fordham (East Cambridgeshire)
- Haddenham (East Cambridgeshire)
- Isleham
- Landwade
- Little Downham
- Littleport
- Little Thetford
- Lode
- Mepal
- Prickwillow
- Pymoor
- Soham
- Stetchworth
- Stretham
- Sutton (East Cambridgeshire)
- Swaffham Bulbeck
- Swaffham Prior
- Wicken
- Wilburton
- Witcham
- Witchford
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: East Cambridgeshire District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.