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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Huntingdon Racecourse Sand And Gravel Pit, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 2 Aug 1994Fulbourn C.P. School, School Lane
Received 17 Dec 1990Land At Fen Metals, Osborne Road, Wisbech, PE14
Received 8 Dec 2000Dry Draton C.E. School, Park Street, Dry Drayton
Received 4 Jul 2000Land At, Comberton Village College, West Street, Comberton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 10 Feb 2006Kettlefields Primary School, Stetchworth Road, Dullingham, Newmarket, CB8
Received 17 Nov 2008Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DL
Received 25 Oct 2017Church Causeway, Elsworth
Received 10 Apr 1975Ramnoth Road Primary School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JB
Received 6 Oct 1985Little Thetford CP School, Green Hill, Little Thetford, Ely, CB6 3HD
Received 25 Apr 1995Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 9 Jan 1985Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 26 Jun 1992Drummer Street Bus Station, Drummer Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 3 Jan 1991Spaldwick
Received 22 May 1980Land At, Royston Waste Water Treatment Works, North Of A505 Bypass, Melbourn
Received 22 Nov 2007Part Former Battle Market, Market Road, St. Ives
Received 26 Feb 1985Impington Village College, New Road
Received 14 Mar 1996118 Bridge St, Chatteris Town
Received 20 Feb 1995Infants School, Bassingbourn
Received 19 Feb 1979Cherry Lodge Farm, Puddock Road, Warboys, Huntingdonshire, PE28 2UB
Received 29 Dec 2009Thomas Eaton County Primary School, Church Street, Wimblington, PE15 0QS
Received 3 Aug 2009Land At, Kingsfield Primary School, Burnsfield Street, Chatteris, PE16
Received 18 Feb 2005Rees Thomas School, Downhams Lane, Cambridge, CB4 1YB
Received 17 May 1995Land At Bridge Farm, Holme Fen Drove, Colne, Cambridgeshire PE28 5EE
Received 26 May 2011Records 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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