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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Northstowe Secondary College, Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ
Received 10 Nov 2018Hinchingbrooke Police H.Q. Hinchingbrooke Park
Received 19 Nov 1986Land Between Park Lane And Church Street, Whittlesey
Received 17 Jul 1978Nook Farm, North Of, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 4 Nov 1974Hilton Farm, Green End
Received 24 Jul 1996Land At, Ashbeach Primary School, Ashbeach Road, Ramsey St Mary, Huntingdon, PE26
Received 11 Jun 2003Thriplow C Of E Primary School, School Lane, Thriplow SG8 7RH
Received 19 Mar 2010Unit 8 Windover Court, Windover Road, Huntingdon, PE29 7EA
Received 22 Aug 2012Histon & Impington Inf. School, New School Road
Received 17 Jan 1996Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 19 Mar 1999Buckden Sand And Gravel Pit (III), Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 20 Jun 1958Huntingdon Technical College, California Road, Huntingdon
Received 18 Aug 1980Wilbraham Chalk Pit, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, CB21 4HH
Received 19 Aug 2024Yaxley Youth Centre, Middletons Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3WJ
Received 23 Mar 2011Conington Fen Peat Bog, West Of Eternity Hall Farm, Conington Fen, Conington, Peterborough, PE7
Received 28 Feb 1949Land At, Green Gables, Newmarket Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 12 Jul 2002Impington Village College, New Road
Received 15 Aug 1990Land At, Upwood STW, Meadow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 12 Dec 2004Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 18 Jun 2019Ely County Infants School, High Barns, Ely, CB7 4RB
Received 27 May 1997Land At, Allen`s Skip Hire, Ten Mile Bank, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 31 Jan 2005Hinchingbrooke Cottage, Brampton Road, Huntingdon
Received 14 Feb 1979Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, Cambridgeshire, PE150TF
Received 19 Jan 200010 And 11 Moor Farm
Received 20 Jun 1986Records 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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