Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Coalwharf Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 23 May 2014The Mill, Ashwell Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 31 Mar 2000Hatton Park School, Hatton Park
Received 3 Jul 1990Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
Received 5 May 1992Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE175NX
Received 8 Feb 1985Land To The South Of The A605 (Peterborough Road) From A Point 480 Metres West To 435 Metres East Of The Kings Dyke Level Crossing
Received 8 Mar 2022Land To Rear Of Clayhithe Cottages, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge, CB5
Received 19 Sept 1994Huntingdon Technical College, California Road, Huntingdon
Received 20 May 1985Alconbury Waste Transfer Facility, Stangate Business Park, Alconbury Hill, Alconbury Weston, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4JH
Received 22 Jul 2016Land Adjacent To, A505, Pampisford, Cambridge
Received 11 Mar 1994Bottisham CP School, Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9BE
Received 1 Jun 1995Long Acre Farm, Chesterton Fen Road, Cambridge CB4 1TU
Received 13 Sept 2010A142 Witchford To Ely Rd Between Alderforth Farm & Ely Bypass
Received 22 May 1981Melbourn Village College, Melbourn
Received 2 Sept 1975Barrington Cement Plant, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 21 Nov 2018Land At, Bridgefoot Quarry, A505, Flint Cross
Received 13 Nov 2003Land Off, Ickleton Road, Duxford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 27 Oct 1998Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 18 Jun 1984Hay Street
Received 9 Jul 1987Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 13 Oct 1988Osp 0752, Cambridge Road, Milton
Received 21 Feb 1980'Crylands', 30 Cambridge Road, Ely
Received 28 Feb 1975Wisbech Adventure Playground, Waterlees Road, Wisbech, PE13 3PG
Received 15 Feb 2012Land At Spinney Hill Farm, Newton Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 19 Mar 1979Records 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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