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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.
1,419 approved · 134 refused · 155 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2019 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
8B Hills Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7XA
Received 14 May 2026109 King Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1LD
Received 14 May 2026Cemetery Hauxton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 14 May 2026Radio Mast Adjacent M11 Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 14 May 2026Netherhall Farm Worts Causeway Cambridge CB1 8RJ
Received 14 May 202624 Mere Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2JN
Received 15 May 202683 De Freville Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1HP
Received 15 May 202632 Desmond Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 9JS
Received 14 May 202612 Chaucer Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 7EB
Received 15 May 2026Unit 20 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8JE
Received 15 May 202643 Marshall Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7TY
Received 15 May 202626 Suez Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3QB
Received 15 May 2026The Rock 200 Cherry Hinton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7AW
Received 18 May 2026Addenbrookes NHS Trust Hospital 28 Long Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8PS
Received 18 May 2026Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 18 May 202654 Devonshire Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2BL
Received 18 May 2026Fitzwilliam College, Hall Building Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DG
Received 18 May 2026The Pickerel Inn 30 Magdalene Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AF
Received 18 May 2026St Johns College, First Court St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TP
Received 18 May 20263 Cockburn Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3NB
Received 18 May 20264 Lichfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3SS
Received 18 May 2026275 Queen Ediths Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 9NH
Received 18 May 20267 Alwyne Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 8RR
Received 18 May 20265 Thrifts Walk Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1NR
Received 19 May 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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