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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Murrow County Primary School, Murrow Bank, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE134HD
Received 11 May 1977Upwood Sewage Treatment Works, Meadow Lane, Upwood, Huntingdonshire, PE26 2QL
Received 29 Sept 2011Land Adjoining Shortsands Old People's Home, Cambridge Road
Received 5 Feb 1980Isleham C Of E School, Malting Lane, Isleham, Ely, CB7 5RZ
Received 28 Sept 1995Land At, Monkfield Primary School, School Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, CB
Received 24 May 2007Longsands School, St. Neots
Received 26 Oct 1979Cambridge Sewage Treatment Works, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DL
Received 22 May 2014Payne School, Main Road, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE134JA
Received 30 Jan 1989Land East Of, Station Road, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6
Received 23 Apr 1992Elm C Of E Junior School, Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE140AG
Received 12 Aug 1980Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, PE150TF
Received 19 May 1997Orchards Primary School, Refer To Location Plan, Cherry Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 3NP
Received 8 Apr 2014Home Close, Cow Lane,Fulbourn
Received 21 Sept 1994Buckden Landfill, Station Farm, Brampton Road, Buckden, PE19
Received 24 Oct 2008Northstowe Secondary College (Northstowe Education Campus), Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ
Received 28 Aug 2023Kingsfield Primary School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16 6ET
Received 15 Mar 2019Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, PE150TF
Received 15 Jul 1982Wilburton Primary School, Carpond Lane, Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RJ
Received 12 Jun 1995Colville CP School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 2 Mar 2010Benwick Primary School, High Street, Benwick, March, PE150XA
Received 2 Feb 1990The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 12 Jan 1988Sutton C Of E County Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 6 Nov 1991Land Between North Angle And Swaffham Prior Energy Centre Including Compound At High Town Drove, Burwell, CB25 0BP
Received 14 Mar 2025Land At, Sawtry Infants School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 3 Feb 2006Records 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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