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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, Fourfields Primary School, Queen Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 13 Feb 2002Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
Received 27 Jan 1989Comberton Village College
Received 8 Apr 1980Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Received 14 Jun 1989Site Of Dartford Infants School, Dartford Road
Received 3 Jan 1989The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 16 Jun 1998Land At, Barnabas Oley Primary School, Middle Street, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19
Received 12 Jun 2003Blocking Shed At Kings Dyke, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 17 Oct 1986Land At March Landfill Site, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 13 Mar 1978Swavesey C P School, Middlewatch, Swavesey
Received 12 Oct 1984Margett Street
Received 13 May 1993High Holborn Lodge Sillica Quarry, Wansford Road, Elton, Peterborough, PE8
Received 10 Apr 1967Mepal And Witcham School, Brangehill Lane, Mepal, Ely, CB6 2AL
Received 6 Nov 1991Peckover Primary School, Leverington Road, Wisbech, PE131PJ
Received 7 Jun 1984Land At, Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 22 Sept 2004Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 23 Sept 1994St. Matthews Primary School, Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LD
Received 2 Dec 1993Parkside Community College, Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1EH
Received 10 Nov 1992Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 2 Sept 1987Ditch Farm, Swaffham Road
Received 4 Jan 1994Hemingford Grey CP School, St. Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE18
Received 28 Jan 1999Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 9 Apr 1985New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1PD
Received 17 Feb 2023Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 21 Aug 1984Records 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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