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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 · County council
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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Godmanchester Community Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE29
Received 13 Aug 2008Landfill Gas Extraction Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Jan 2019Harston & Newton C.P. School, High Street
Received 2 Apr 1987Wilbraham Chalk Pit, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB21 4HH
Received 28 Mar 2018Homerton College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PH
Received 26 Sept 1989Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
Received 25 Nov 2019Barrington C Of E School, 12, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, CB22 7RG
Received 18 Oct 2018Little Paxton Quarry, High Street, Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5YQ
Received 8 Jul 2017Middlefield CP School, Andrew Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 18 Aug 1993Medworth Efw Chp Facility, 40 Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2TQ
Received 24 Apr 2026Ramsey County Junior School, Station Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171JA
Received 11 Jan 1979Land At, St Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE27
Received 17 Jul 2006Sita Land On, Godmanchester Landfill, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 30 Nov 2001Dawson Plant Hire, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 5QJ
Received 21 Jan 2012MBT, Cambridge Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Landbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PH
Received 23 May 2022Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Received 11 Sept 1988Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 22 Apr 1988Porter And Son, 29 Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2RJ
Received 27 Jan 2023Land At Witcham Meadlands, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 4 Jun 2001Land At, Saxon Pit, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 25 Nov 2002Lawrence Court, Princes Street, Huntingdon
Received 14 Oct 1998New Road Primary School, New Road, Whittlesey, PE7 1SZ
Received 18 Jul 2018Eastfield Infant & Nursery School, Pig Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5QT
Received 27 Apr 2009Trumpington Park & Ride, 45, Hauxton Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FT
Received 25 Feb 2019Records 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 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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