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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cambridge City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,360 approved · 120 refused · 147 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2019 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF
Received 6 Feb 202622 Park Parade Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8AL
Received 9 Feb 202639 Lovell Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2QN
Received 9 Feb 20262 Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DT
Received 9 Feb 202612 Sedley Taylor Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8PW
Received 9 Feb 2026Gonville And Caius College, St Michaels Court Trinity Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TA
Received 9 Feb 202676 King Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LN
Received 9 Feb 202647-49 Sturton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QG
Received 9 Feb 202634 Ainsworth Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2PD
Received 10 Feb 202656 Oxford Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3PW
Received 10 Feb 20261 St Kilda Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2PN
Received 11 Feb 2026115 Vinery Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3DW
Received 11 Feb 202617 Pretoria Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1HD
Received 11 Feb 202620 Sunnyside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8SG
Received 11 Feb 202635 Sidney Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3HX
Received 11 Feb 2026Trees Are On The Boundary With Brooklands Court Cambridge University Botanic Garden Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JF
Received 11 Feb 2026Old Cavendish New Museums Site Free School Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 11 Feb 2026Cherry Hinton Hall Lodge Cherry Hinton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 8DW
Received 12 Feb 20264 Rawlyn Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8NN
Received 12 Feb 202683 - 85 Norwich Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1ND
Received 12 Feb 2026Annexe 50 Ditton Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8SR
Received 12 Feb 2026165 Flat 1 Victoria Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3BU
Received 12 Feb 202656 Cavendish Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7UT
Received 12 Feb 2026Cambridge Biomedical Campus Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0AJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cambridge City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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