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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 May 1995Ely St Johns Community Primary School, St Johns Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3BW
Received 8 Jun 2001Gloucester Street, Cambridge
Received 19 Dec 1983Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 23 Mar 2018Land At, Milton Primary School, Humphries Way, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 10 Oct 2003Betty's Nose Farm, Forty Foot Bank, Ramsey
Received 22 Apr 1976Castle Camps C Of E School, Bartlow Road
Received 29 Sept 1988Rear Of 343, St. Neots Road, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB3
Received 20 Nov 2000Sutton C Of E County Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 4 Jul 1975Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 6 Jan 1983Crosshall C.P.School, GT.North Road, Eaton Socon
Received 15 Nov 1988Cromwell Road, St. Neots
Received 21 Feb 1984Buckden Landfill Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, St. Neots, PE19 5UH
Received 11 Sept 2014Land At Red Lodge Waste Transfer Station, The Carrops, Red Lodge
Received 18 Jun 2007Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 22 Oct 1990Witcham Meadlands Sand And Gravel Pit, Langwood Fen, Chatteris, PE16
Received 25 Jul 1991St Matthews Primary School, 19 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LD
Received 4 Sept 201248 Bradmore Street
Received 7 Jul 1987Land At, Great Abington Primary School, High Street, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB1
Received 29 Apr 2005Abberley House, Granhams Road, Great Shelford
Received 21 Feb 1980Bar Hill School Site, Bar Hill Farm House, Bar Hill
Received 31 Mar 1998Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, CB6 2AY
Received 26 Mar 2025Fulbourn Primary School, School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5BH
Received 10 Mar 2017Osp 5800, Station Road
Received 1 Nov 1990Records 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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