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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cambridgeshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Sept 1943 to 3 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Deneia (The Primary School Site, Key Phase 1), Waterbeach New Town, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PA
Received 19 Jan 2026Shortsands Day Centre, Cambridge Street, St. Neots
Received 19 Oct 1992Datashredders , Eastwood Industrial Estate, Eastwood End, Wimblington, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0QH
Received 7 Jul 2023East Of Woolpack Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Cambridge Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Dec 2000Unit 2, Data Shredders Ltd, Eastwood End Industrial Estate, Eastwood End, Wimblington, PE15 0QH
Received 11 Jul 2017Land Off, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey
Received 10 Nov 2000Milton C Of E [Controlled] School, Butt Lane
Received 16 May 1989Cambridge College Of Agriculture & Horticulture
Received 6 Sept 1990Little Downham Clay Pit, Clayway Lane, Little Downham, Ely, CB6
Received 2 Oct 1990The Bellbird Primary School, Link Road, Sawston, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3GB
Received 2 Jul 2012Highfield School, Tower Road, Ely, CB7 4HW
Received 15 Apr 1994Land At, Dernford Farm, Cambridge Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 14 Aug 2002Former Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 30 Mar 2007Land Adj. Manor Road/The Thorpe, Hemingford Grey
Received 17 May 1983Land At Sewage Works, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 6 Jul 2006Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 17 Aug 1998Ramsey County Junior School, Station Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171JA
Received 15 Feb 1994County Primary School, The Fold, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
Received 23 Dec 1982Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 19 Oct 2023Old Nursey Site, Queen Street, March
Received 30 May 1974Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 27 Aug 2016Library, New Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 6 Feb 1986Colnefield Farm
Received 21 Jan 1987Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Vi), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 4 Apr 1974Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cambridgeshire County 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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