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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Old Granary, Gidding Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 21 Jan 1997Land At Block Fen, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Jul 2024Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 2 Aug 1984Westfield School, Ramsey Road, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RB
Received 10 May 1976MSB Contracting Ltd, Thorney Road, Guyhirn, PE13 4AE
Received 9 Aug 2017Dry Drayton C. Of E. School, Park Street
Received 22 Oct 1987Ditton Lodge First School, St Johns Avenue, Woodditton, Newmarket, CB8 8BL
Received 24 Sept 2009Rivey Hill Pumping Station, B1052, Linton Road, Balsham, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4LE
Received 14 Aug 2014Harlocks Farm, Stuntney, Ely, CB7 5TR
Received 29 Jul 2017Worts Farm, High Street
Received 2 Jul 1991Land At, Coton C E Primary School, Whitwell Way, Coton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 21 Jun 2005Babraham Road Park And Ride, Babraham Road, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3AY
Received 14 Apr 2021Wilbraham Chalk Pit, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 7 Apr 1992Cambridgeshire County Council Civic Hub, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4WX
Received 19 Aug 2020Burwell House, 46 North Street, Burwell, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0BB
Received 19 Jan 2006Ditton Fields Nursery School, Wadloes Road, Cambridge, CB5 8PG
Received 29 Apr 1999Eastfield Infant And Nursery School , Pig Lane, St Ives, PE27 5QT
Received 22 Jan 2025Clay Farm Primary School, Land East Of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, West Of Hobson Brook, Addenbrooke's Road, Cambridge
Received 7 May 2016PT.Osp 4600, Chesnut Lane, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth
Received 5 Aug 1977Land At Kings Delph, Kings Delph, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 17 May 1974Octavia Hill Centre, Victoria Road, Wisbech
Received 20 Jan 1983Land To The South West Of Stirling Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Dec 1965Land At, Histon Infants' School, New School Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB4
Received 7 Mar 2003Mansel Farm, Cambridge Road, Oakington
Received 1 May 1998Records 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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