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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cherry Hinton Infant School, High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9HH
Received 20 Dec 1977Land At Bushmead Infants School, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 3 Jul 2000Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
Received 24 Jan 2020Robert Arkenstall Primary School, Camping Close, Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3UA
Received 18 Jun 1992Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiii), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 19 Oct 1973Land At, Bradley Fen Quary, Funthams Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 14 Oct 1998Land At Kings Farm, Langwood Fen, Chatteris, PE16
Received 21 Mar 1996New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1PD
Received 3 May 2023Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 14 Oct 1974Ely St. Johns CP School, St. Johns Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3BW
Received 11 Jul 1994Nene County Infants School, Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE132AP
Received 1 Apr 1992Wintringham Primary Academy, Nuffield Road, St Neots, PE19 0AW
Received 5 Sept 2019Land At, Hostmoor Avenue, March Trading Park, March, PE15
Received 2 Jul 2003Babraham Road Park And Ride
Received 13 Jul 1999Land To The South Of The A606 (Peterborough Road). From A Point 480 Metres West To 435 Metres East Of The Kings Dykes Level Crossing
Received 3 Oct 2022Highways Depot, Linton Road, Balsham
Received 10 Aug 1979Land At, Grafham Water Residential Centre, Ridgeway, Perry, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 9 Dec 2008Public Library In Morris Wing, Sawston Village College, Sawston
Received 21 Apr 1995Trumpington Park & Ride, 45, Hauxton Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FT
Received 18 May 2018Warboys Landfill Site, Puddock Hill, Warboys, PE28 2TX
Received 21 Dec 2018Burrough Green Cofe Primary School, Bradley Road, Burrough Green, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 9NH
Received 10 Nov 2021Fowlmere CP School, The Butts, Fowlmere
Received 18 Jan 1999Envar Ltd, The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, PE28 3BS
Received 16 Dec 2011Shirley CP School, Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RW
Received 16 May 1990Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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