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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Meridian School, Harbour Avenue, Comberton
Received 18 Jul 1976Street Record, Senliz Road, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire
Received 15 Jan 2020Sawston Village College, New Road
Received 26 Feb 1991Marsh Lane Quarry, Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire, PE18
Received 1 Oct 2020Land Junction Of Willingham Road/Mill Road
Received 20 Apr 1989Land Fronting Upwell Road & Cavalry Drive, March
Received 14 Mar 1980Hartford County Junior & Infant School, Mayfield Road, Huntingdon, PE187UL
Received 14 Apr 1993Millfield CP School, Grange Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1HW
Received 22 Jul 1991Householders Waste Site, Huntingdon Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 17 Feb 1998Northstowe Education Campus , Land Adjacent To Stirling Road, Northstowe New Town, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1BN
Received 18 Nov 2019Green Hedges School, Bar Lane, Stapleford
Received 30 Oct 1984Darwin Green, Land Between Huntingdon Road And Histon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE
Received 1 Nov 2018Grove Primary School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
Received 13 Sept 1982Land At, Waste Recycling & Transfer Facility, Algores Way, Wisbech, PE13
Received 18 Jan 2005Sections Of A603 Barton Rd, Cambridge And Cambridge Rd, Barton. Public Bridleway Route, A603/New Rd Junction East On Right Of Way, Link To Bridle Way, Grantchester, Along Farm Track And Permissive Paths, Along The Baulk To Grantchester
Received 29 Jan 2025Cambridge College Of Further Education, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 15 Feb 1988Home Close/ Cow Lane
Received 20 Feb 1995Hester Adrian Work Centre, Hawthorn Way, Cambridge, CB4 1AX
Received 30 May 1996Land Adjacent To 1 Chestnut Close, Haslingfield
Received 14 Nov 1984Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 5 Mar 1997Stilton C Of E School, Church Street, Stilton, Peterborough, PE7 3RF
Received 21 Jul 1988Ramnoth Junior School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE13 2JB
Received 16 Nov 2017Melbourn Primary School, Mortlock Street, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DB
Received 4 Jan 2018Land At, Kettlefields Primary School, Stetchworth Road, Dullingham, Newmarket, CB8
Received 14 Mar 2002Records 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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