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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Offord CP School, Off, High Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 31 Jul 1986Robert Arkenstall Primary School, Camping Close, Haddenham, Ely, CB6 3UA
Received 14 May 2015Land At Dove House Close, St. Neots
Received 30 Jun 1977Children's Day Nursery, Rope Walk, Kings Lane, St. Neots
Received 24 Jan 1978St Neots Community College, Barford Road, Eynesbury, St Neots, PE19 2SH
Received 18 Sept 2009Land At Streetly Hall Farm, Webbs Road, West Wickham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4RP
Received 22 Apr 2025Northstowe Education Campus, Land Adjacent To Stirling Road, Northstowe New Town, Cambridge, CB24 1BN
Received 6 Feb 2019Buckden Ce School, School Lane, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 15 Jul 1991Holme Peat Bog, Holme Fen Nature Reserve, Long Drove, Holme, Peterborough, PE7
Received 30 Jan 1978Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE175TQ
Received 22 Sept 1975Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 7 Aug 1975The Weatheralls County Primary School, Pratt Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5BH
Received 19 Aug 2011Coleridge Community College, Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
Received 5 Nov 1985Elm Road School, Elm Road, Wisbech
Received 29 Jun 1981Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2JA
Received 4 Mar 2022Land At Eternit UK Limited, Whaddon Road, Meldreth, Royston, SG8
Received 8 Jan 1996Littleport CP School, Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 17 Nov 1980Linton County Primary School, Linton
Received 21 Jan 1975Sawston Village College, New Road
Received 30 Jul 1992Land At Heydon Road, GT Chishill
Received 19 Mar 1979Longsands School, St. Neots
Received 20 Mar 1980Furlong Farm, First Furlong Drove, Chatteris, PE16 6TA
Received 25 Aug 2018Adjacent South West Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (2), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 2 Aug 1996March Landfill Site, Hundred Road, March, PE15 8QN
Received 22 Jul 2024Records 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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