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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 14 Jul 1987Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 16 Jan 1979Manea Primary School, Station Road, Manea, March, PE15
Received 29 May 2008The Probation Offices, Grammar School Walk
Received 23 Jun 1986Lantern Primary School, Nene Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2WL
Received 16 Feb 2012Land At Bridgefoot Farm, Newmarket Road, Heydon, Royston, SG8
Received 22 Nov 2007St Bede's Inter-Church School, Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD
Received 8 Nov 2017Land At Buxhall Farm , Glebe Way, Histon, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9HW
Received 4 Dec 2020Burwell Village College Primary School, The Causeway, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0DU
Received 4 Apr 2012Land Adjacent To Royston STW, A505, Melbourne, Royston, SG8 5JT
Received 5 Nov 2014Spinning Infant School, High Street, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171AE
Received 17 Feb 1975New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, PE7 1PD
Received 22 Mar 2021Hinchingbrooke Country Park, Hinchingbrooke
Received 8 Jun 1987Wisbech Green School, Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 7 Apr 2022Cambridge Regional College, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8EG
Received 28 Jun 1982Household Waste And Recycling Centre, Hundred Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 8QN
Received 11 Dec 2025Jeavons Wood Primary School, Eastgate, GT Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23 6DZ
Received 1 Apr 2011Littleton House School, Oakington Road
Received 21 Jun 1991St. Bedes Comprehensive Church School, Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD
Received 16 Jul 1992Abbey Meadows Primary School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND
Received 19 May 201049 Downham Road, Ely
Received 21 Mar 1983Stukeley Road, Huntingdon
Received 10 Apr 1980Ameycespa (East) Ltd, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PQ
Received 15 Apr 2015Land At, Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 15 Mar 2002Records 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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