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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 24 Sept 1979Land To The East Of Splash Lane, Wyton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire
Received 31 Aug 2010The Weatheralls Primary School, Pratt Street, Soham, CB7
Received 21 Nov 2007Benwick Primary School, High Street, Benwick, March, PE150XA
Received 8 Jan 1999Pepys Road School, Pepys Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192EW
Received 24 Apr 1992Bluntisham County Primary School, Colne Road, Bluntisham
Received 16 Oct 1975Upwood CP School, Ramsey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171QA
Received 29 Sept 1994Midfield, Oakington
Received 31 Jul 1974Impington Village College, New Road
Received 1 Nov 1993Barford Road Farm, West Of Eaton Socon Sand And Gravel Pit, Howard Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 1 Nov 1984Cherry Hinton Community Junior School, Fulbourn Old Drift, Cambridge, CB1 9ND
Received 8 Mar 2011Manor School, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RR
Received 11 May 1982Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 12 Aug 1994Block Fen Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire CB6 2AY
Received 18 Nov 2015Bottisham CP School, Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9BE
Received 9 Aug 1994Gamlingay Village College, Station Road
Received 2 Apr 1987Sawtry Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry
Received 5 Mar 1982Land West Of Block Fen Farm, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 6 Sept 1999Land At Crow Hall Farm, Northfield Road, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 11 Mar 1994Land Off, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 9 Jul 2001Veolia Environment Services Ltd, Cowley Road Depot, Cambridge, CB4 0DN
Received 29 Jun 2012Adult Training Centre, Marwick Road, March, PE15
Received 11 Mar 1982Glebelands CP School, New Road, Chatteris, PE166EZ
Received 2 Jun 1993Milton Landfill Site (I), Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 16 Sept 1997Records 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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