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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Land At, Little Paxton Primary School, Gordon Road, Little Paxton, St. Neots, PE19
Received 18 Apr 2006The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 3 Jul 1980South Of Stirling Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 10 Oct 1962Histon Sweet Spreads Ltd, Chivers Way, Histon, CB24 9NR
Received 20 Jul 2021Manor Farm, Low Road, Fenstanton, PE28 9HU
Received 21 May 2014Land At, Kennett Hall Farm, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 1 Nov 2007Land Fronting The Fold, Coates, Whittlesey
Received 26 Feb 1985Land At, Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 17 Jan 2005Land At, Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 16 Mar 2004Land At Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon
Received 9 Mar 2017Area Adjacent To HWRC Milton Landfill Site, Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 11 Dec 1996Colne Fen South Of The, B1050, Somersham, St. Ives
Received 22 Jan 2001St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 7 Jul 1998Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0LG
Received 4 Mar 2022Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 28 Aug 2018Orchards Primary School, Cherry Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 3NP
Received 14 Dec 2013Wilbraham Quarry, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire
Received 1 Nov 2012Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Vii), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 31 Dec 1959Park Lane GM Primary School, Park Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1JB
Received 21 May 1990Land At, Mepal Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 31 Jan 2007Alconbury C Of E School, School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE175EQ
Received 5 Jan 1988Fowlmere Primary School, Butts Lane, Fowlmere, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 7SL
Received 28 Apr 2026Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 11 Mar 1996Prickwillow CP School, Main Street, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7
Received 7 Aug 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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