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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.
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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Histon And Impington Junior School, The Green, Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9JA
Received 8 May 2015Duxford Airfield
Received 16 May 1989Burwell Sewage Treatment Works, Broads Road, Burwell, Cambridgeshire CB25 0BT
Received 31 Aug 2011Robingoodfellows Lane/Norwood Road
Received 12 Sept 1990Dawson Plant Hire, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey, CB24 4QJ
Received 4 Mar 2021Land At, Plasgran Ltd, Bridge Lane, Wimblington, March, PE15
Received 24 May 2005Land At, Hostmoor Avenue, March, PE15
Received 13 Jul 2001Thorndown Infant School, Hill Rise, St Ives, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6SE
Received 22 Oct 2012Unit 2, Hardwick Inductrial Park, Hardwick Road, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19
Received 2 Jul 198927 & 29 Tanners Lane
Received 6 Dec 1988London Brick Company Sales Office, 222, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 13 Jul 1994Histon And Impington Junior School, The Green, Histon
Received 10 Dec 1999St. Marys Junior School, High Barns, Ely, CB7 4RB
Received 7 May 2015The Manor, Church Road, Brampton
Received 29 Jun 1984Land At, Cambridge Sewage Treatment Works, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 27 May 2004Sawston Village College
Received 17 May 1977South West Of Eldernell Sand And Gravel Pit, Eldernell Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 11 Mar 1996Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way, Huntingdon, PE186UH
Received 12 Feb 1991Milton Landfill Site , Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6DQ
Received 24 Feb 2020Alconbury Airfield, Ermine Street, Little Stukeley, PE28 4WX
Received 29 Aug 2015St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 12 May 1992Mitchell Hill Farm Quarry, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8PP
Received 15 Dec 2020Fenditton CP School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton
Received 10 May 1999Extension To East And North Of Alconbury C Of E School, School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 25 Jul 2000Records 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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