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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.
1,445 approved · 134 refused · 155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
72 Hills Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7XB
Received 13 Jul 20261 Warkworth Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EG
Received 13 Jul 202612 Guest Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2AL
Received 13 Jul 20267 Park Terrace Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1JH
Received 13 Jul 20267 Park Terrace Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1JH
Received 13 Jul 20262 Rose Crescent Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3LL
Received 13 Jul 20261 - 2 Montreal Square Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3NR
Received 13 Jul 202613 Sterne Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3RA
Received 13 Jul 2026Peterhouse, Old Court Trumpington Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1RD
Received 13 Jul 20261-5 Sidney Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3HG
Received 13 Jul 2026104 - 112 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 14 Jul 2026Family Centre Malta Road Cambridge CB1 3LW
Received 14 Jul 2026Jesus College Jesus Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8BL
Received 14 Jul 2026Jesus College Jesus Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8BL
Received 14 Jul 2026Darwin College Silver Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EU
Received 14 Jul 2026Barnwell Local Centre Barnwell Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8RG
Received 10 Jul 2026Barnwell Local Centre Barnwell Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8RG
Received 10 Jul 20266 Anstey Hall Barns Maris Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 9LG
Received 14 Jul 202630, 34, 36, 46, 50, 52, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 84, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 96, 100, 101, 103, 105, 106, 108, 112, 113, 115, 116, 120, 122, 124, 132, 134 Brooks Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3HR
Received 14 Jul 2026All Saints Church Jesus Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8BP
Received 14 Jul 2026Scholars Garden, Peterhouse And St Peters Terrace Trumpington Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 14 Jul 2026Sheppard Flats Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Received 14 Jul 20264 Alpha Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3DG
Received 15 Jul 20261 Stansgate Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0QZ
Received 15 Jul 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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