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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Received 25 Jul 1979Old Stables, Gazeley House, Huntingdon
Received 16 Sept 1976Folksworth C Of E School, Apreece Road, Folksworth, Peterborough, PE7 3TY
Received 21 Jan 1987Land Off Station Road, Odsey, Steeple Morden
Received 14 Feb 2002Land Off, New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 19 Feb 1988County Primary School, Whitewell Way, Coton
Received 27 Mar 1980County Primary School, The Fold, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
Received 2 Jun 1997Buckden Quarry, Brampton Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 24 Aug 1999Cambridge Regional College, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8EG
Received 9 Feb 1987Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey
Received 24 May 1999Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 22 Oct 1976St Andrews Church Of England Junior School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Received 6 Jan 2011Stilton C E Primary School, Stilton, Peterborough
Received 23 Jan 1976Alderman Jacobs School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XJ
Received 31 May 1977Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxiii), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 14 Feb 1997Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Apr 2025Ramnoth Road Primary School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JB
Received 15 Jul 1982Upware Field Studies Centre, Upware, Ely, CB7
Received 14 Jan 1998Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiii), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 9 Oct 1995Land Adjacent To Oak Tree Cottage, St. Neots Road, Caxton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 12 Jul 1994Ramnoth Junior School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE13 2JB
Received 18 Jul 2016Westwood Junior School, Maple Grove, March, PE158JT
Received 25 Jun 1987Ditton Fields Nursery School, Wadloes Road, Cambridge, CB5 8PG
Received 17 Jun 1986Extension To Dolbys Lake, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 17 Nov 1976Records 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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