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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At, Arbury Court Library, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 7 Nov 2001South East Of, Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (2), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 31 Aug 2001Within Area F London Brick Company, London Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 9 Mar 1967Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiv), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 4 Oct 1954Former Silt Lagoon And Plant Site Area Off, Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 26 Feb 1999Land At Pupil Referral Unit Mobiles, Huntingdonshire Regional College, California Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 Jun 2002Land At Winhill Primary School, Cromwell Road, Eynesbury, Cambridge, PE19
Received 8 Aug 2007Littleport CP School, Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 14 Mar 1979Mansell Farm, Cambridge Road
Received 10 Mar 1995Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Iv), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 15 Apr 1977Millfield CP School, Grange Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1HW
Received 22 Jul 1991Needingworth Quarry, Bluntisham Road, Needingworth, PE27 4TA
Received 23 Mar 2026Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 22 Jun 1989Land Between Halidon House & Medworth House, Off Trafford Road, Wisbech
Received 2 Nov 1983Foxton C.P. School, Station Road
Received 18 Jun 1990Unit B & Unit 1B Westons Yard, Ramsey Road, Pondersbridge, PE26 2TW
Received 15 May 2019Sutton C Of E County Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 6 Jul 1983Wardens Yard, Barton Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 29 Oct 1997Building 4002, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4WX
Received 14 Jan 2015Land At, Station Farm, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Jul 2004Land At Guyhirn Landfill Site, Gull Road, Guyhirn, Wisbech, PE13
Received 24 Mar 2000Glebelands CP School, New Road, Chatteris, PE166EZ
Received 5 Jan 1999Land At Gleblands CP School, New Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 16 May 2001Shire Hall, Cambridge
Received 20 Jul 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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