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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Materials Recycling Facility, Station Road, Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Received 7 Aug 2014Swavesey C P School, Middle Watch, Swavesey
Received 6 May 1998Sedley Infant School, Malta Road, Cambridge, CB1 3PZ
Received 4 Jun 1991Northstowe New Town, Ne Longstanton
Received 23 Dec 2014Land At, Ats Euromaster, Brook Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 14 Apr 2003Cambridge College Of Further Education, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 7 Nov 1983Old Pit, Hop Row, Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6
Received 5 Feb 1991Former Heath School, London Road, Stetchworth, Newmarket, CB8
Received 11 Aug 1981Fulbourn Primary School, School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5BH
Received 25 Jun 2014Land At, Chatteris Sewage Treatment Works, A142, Chatteris
Received 16 Jul 2003Land Rear Of 22 St Andrew's Street, Cambridge
Received 15 Aug 1977Brampton County Infant And Junior Schools, The Green, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE188RF
Received 24 Dec 2000Householders Waste Site, Huntingdon Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 21 Nov 1995The Lantern Community Primary School, Nene Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2WL
Received 4 Apr 2024Land At 254, Histon Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 6 May 1994Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Feb 2023Land To Rear Of 12, Potton Road, Gamlingay, Sandy, SG19
Received 16 Jan 1991Land At Needingworth STW, Overcoat Lane, Needingworth, Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Nov 2008Cromwell Road, St. Neots
Received 5 Dec 1977Land At Junction Of Main Street And, Hemington Lodge Road, Great Gidding, Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Aug 2025Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, CB6 2AY
Received 8 Aug 2018Dane Hill Sand And Gravel Pit South Of, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 21 Feb 1984Adjacent South Of Margetts Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 22 Jan 1992Barns Farm, Sawston Road, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 17 Dec 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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