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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sawston Village College, New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BP
Received 7 May 2010Bassingbourn Village College
Received 2 Apr 1987Recyplas , Unit 1, Eastwood End Industrial Estate, Wimblington, Eastwood End, PE15 0QN
Received 29 Sept 2020Bottisham Primary School, Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, CB25 9BE
Received 5 Feb 2021Shepreth Chalk Pit, Angle Lane, Shepreth, Royston, SG8
Received 18 Feb 1948Hartford County Junior & Infant School, Mayfield Road, Huntingdon, PE187UL
Received 1 Sept 1998Land At, Uttons Drove Sewage Treatment Works, Huntingdon Road, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB4
Received 6 Jun 2003PT.Os 2164, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 1 May 1967Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 14 Jun 1977Wisbech Green School, Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Apr 202211 & 12 Chapel Road, Wisbech
Received 11 Dec 1974Mobile At Queen's Court, Downing Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 8 Jan 2001Bulldog Bridge Farm, Mildenhall Road
Received 11 Jul 1990Extension To Library At Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4
Received 11 Dec 2000Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 21 Aug 1989Bourn Parochial School, Riddy Lane
Received 11 Aug 1995G G Papworth Storage At Land South Of, Prickwillow Road, Queen Adelaide, Ely, CB7
Received 24 Jan 1990Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (XX), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 1 Nov 1984Ermine Street, Papworth Everard
Received 9 May 1977Linton Village College, Cambridge Road
Received 24 Apr 1992Arbury Primary School, Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE
Received 30 Aug 1984Land Rear Of 22 St Andrew's Street, Cambridge
Received 14 Sept 198212 Brook End, Potton Road, Gamlingay, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19
Received 15 Jun 1993Land Adjacent Railway Line, Shepreth Pit, Angle Lane, Shepreth, Royston, SG8
Received 18 Jun 1998Records 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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