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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Thriplow Scrap Yard, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 25 Apr 1995Land Adjacent To Meldreth Chalk Pit, A10 Outside, Shepreth, Royston, SG8
Received 20 Mar 1952Papworth Everard Water Recycling Centre, London Road, Papworth Everard, CB22 3QX
Received 2 Sept 2017Envar Composting Ltd. The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, PE28 3BS
Received 29 Dec 2017Alconbury STW, Off High Street, Alconbury, Cambs
Received 30 Jun 2008Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Chatteris, CB6 2AY
Received 19 Jul 2018Saxon Brickworks, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1PJ
Received 26 Nov 2013Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows, Cambridge
Received 15 Feb 2021Foxton CP School, Station Road, Foxton
Received 11 Sept 1998Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 27 May 1981Land At, Kings Hedges Primary School, Northfields Avenue, Cambridge, CB4
Received 10 Aug 2005Cambridge College Of Further Education, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 22 Jun 1981Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 2 Apr 1980Land At Barrington Cement Works, Chapel Hill, Barrington, Cambridge, CB3
Received 23 Apr 1993Land At Eternit UK Limited, Whaddon Road, Meldreth, Royston, SG8
Received 19 Apr 2001Land At Babraham C Of E Primary School, High Street, Babraham, Cambridge, CB2
Received 20 Nov 2000Land Fronting Cromwell Road, St. Neots
Received 21 Feb 1984Land At, Station Road, Station Road, Odsey, Baldock, SG7
Received 14 Feb 2002Steeple Morden C Of E School, Hay Street
Received 24 May 1995Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Ix), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 25 Feb 1972Centre Basin, Kennett Hall Farm, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8
Received 9 Jun 1992Land At, Wilbraham Chalk Pit, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 26 Jan 2005Medworth Efw Chp Facility, Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 14 Apr 2025The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 15 Sept 1994Records 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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