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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 29 Jun 1978Castle Court, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3
Received 10 Aug 1982Isleham Church Of England School, Mailting Lane, Isleham
Received 18 Jan 2000Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PE
Received 29 Aug 1991Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PG
Received 11 May 2016Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LG
Received 17 May 2017Great Paxton C Of E School, High Street
Received 10 Aug 1990Ely Police Station, Nutholt Lane, Ely
Received 25 Apr 1983Abbey Meadows School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND
Received 25 Apr 2013Bridgefoot Farm Quarry, Newmarket Road, Heydon, Nr. Royston, Cambridgeshire
Received 24 Mar 2010Conveyor At Buckden Sand And Gravel Pit, Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 7 Aug 1995College Of West Anglia, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE13 2JE
Received 12 Jul 2016Millfield Primary School, Grange Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1HW
Received 3 Jul 2014The Lanes
Received 1 Apr 1993Land At, South Highways Division, Station Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 24 Nov 2004Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 24 May 1982Os 2539, 6250, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 7 Aug 1946Coldhams Lane Chalk Pit, Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1
Received 11 Apr 1951Folksworth C Of E School, Apreece Road, Folksworth, Peterborough, PE7 3TY
Received 3 Oct 1991The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 31 May 1979Linton Village College
Received 6 Jun 1978Land Situated Within Hinxton Quarry, Lordship Farm, Hinxton
Received 6 May 1994Enterprise Centre, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn
Received 29 Apr 1999Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 9 Nov 1978Records 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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