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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4 3HN
Received 24 Mar 1981Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Received 5 Feb 1991Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows
Received 24 Dec 2020Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 17 Sept 1999Madingley Road Park And Ride, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3
Received 6 Oct 1994East Barnwell Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RS
Received 5 Feb 1992Land To The South Of Girton Interchange Of A14 Highway
Received 27 Jun 2018Land Adjacent To (Cemex Uk Material Ltd) Roadstone Plant, Queen Adelaide Way, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4UB
Received 5 Nov 2024Land At, Melbourn Village College, The Moor, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6EF
Received 3 Aug 2005Arbury Primary School, Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE
Received 6 Feb 1997Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 14 Aug 1989Murrow AD Plant, Somersat Farm, Cants Drove, Murrow, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4HN
Received 29 Jun 2019Land At, Elm Road Primary School, Elm Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 31 Jan 2005Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 10 May 2025Land Opposite, Forensic Science Laboratories, Christie Drive, Huntingdon, PE29
Received 19 Apr 2006Land At. Green Hedges Special School, Bar Lane, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 19 Mar 2001Houghton County Primary School, Chapel Lane, Houghton
Received 7 Apr 1997Recreation Ground, Middletons Road, Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3LR
Received 28 Mar 2015Police Headquarters, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon
Received 12 Jan 1984Site Of Former Whittlesey Central Brick Co Offices, 30/32 Whitmore Street
Received 9 Mar 1977Swavesey County Primary School, Middle Watch, Swavesey
Received 17 Nov 1977Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE132JH
Received 20 Aug 1987Dorrington's Farm, The Hollow, Ramsey
Received 30 Jan 1976Duxford Airfield
Received 9 Jan 1980Records 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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