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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lyons Farm, Wimblington Fen, Wimblington, Cambridgeshire
Received 23 Apr 2015Alderman Jacobs School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 25 May 2000Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 19 Jan 1983Adjacent North Of Knobbs Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Fen Lane, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 12 Jun 1992Ramsey County Junior School, Station Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171JA
Received 29 Aug 1991Rees Thomas School, Downhams Lane, Cambridge, CB4 1YB
Received 21 Jan 1999Grunty Fen Landfill Site, Pools Road, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
Received 2 Feb 1994Land At Milton Landfill Site, Butt Lane, Milton
Received 1 Apr 2008Chesterton Fen Rail Junction, Cambridge
Received 16 Feb 1990Lantern School, Nene Road, Ely, CB6 2WL
Received 4 Apr 2019Thongsley County Junior & Infant School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 1PE
Received 26 Feb 2010Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way, Huntingdon, PE186UH
Received 15 Sept 1998Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Vii), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 17 May 1956Householders Waste Site, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 14 Jul 1995Cid, 12-14 Ferrars Road, Huntingdon
Received 21 Aug 1980Land For Disposal Of Inert Waste, Newmarket Road, Stow-Cum-Quy, Cambridge, CB5
Received 8 Jun 1993Dimmock's Cote And Adjacent Land Limestone Quarry, Dimmock's Cote Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7
Received 5 Dec 1979Land Adjacent To A47, Thorney Road, Guyhirn, Wisbech, PE13
Received 10 Nov 1988Gamlingay Village College, Station Road, Gamlingay, Sandy, SG19 3HD
Received 27 Sept 2017St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 6 May 1987Townley Primary School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, PE14 9NA
Received 7 May 2025Cheveley Ce School, High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, CB8 9DG
Received 7 Jan 1997County Council Highways Depot. Stukeley Road
Received 27 Apr 1988Ccfe, Brunswick Site, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Received 26 Sept 1983Records 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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