Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rectory Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 29 Aug 1991Burwell House, 46 North Street, Burwell, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0BB
Received 5 Jun 2009Land West Of Recreation Ground, High Street
Received 23 Nov 1988Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
Received 28 Apr 2020Queens School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE132SE
Received 8 Jul 1977West Fen Farm Biomethane AD Plant, Whittlesey Road, March, PE15 0AF
Received 16 Jun 2021Cambridge College Of Further Education, York Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 2 Apr 1984South East Of Huntingdon Racecourse Sand And Gravel Pit (I), Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 26 Feb 1993Land At, Bradley Fen Quary, Funthams Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 14 Oct 1998Land At, Great Gidding School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 18 Jul 2006Land At Norwood Road Playing Fields Maintenance Depot, Norwood Road, March
Received 27 Feb 2008Land at Grafham Water Residential Centre, Ridgeway, Perry, Huntingdon
Received 17 Feb 2026The Village Colelge, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey
Received 3 Jul 1984Cambridge Sewage Treatment Works, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 29 Nov 2007Harston And Newton C.P. School, High Street
Received 24 Nov 1986Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 4 Nov 1998Robert Arkenstall Primary SCHL, Haddenham Village
Received 14 Sept 1999Land Off Ely Road (Papworth Site), Queen Adelaide
Received 16 Dec 1992Malary House, Brookfields Business Centre, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8PS
Received 18 Oct 2011Dry Drayton C Of E Controlled School, Park Street
Received 9 Apr 1987Land Rear Of Police Station, Dove House Close
Received 24 Oct 1985Land At, Swaffham Bulbeck (Ce) School, High Street, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB5
Received 24 Mar 2003Manea CP School, Station Road, Manea, March, PE15
Received 14 Mar 1996Stilton C Of E School, Church Street, Stilton, Peterborough, PE7 3RF
Received 19 Feb 1997Records 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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