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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Downham Feoffees School, Main Street, Little Downham, Ely, CB6 2ST
Received 3 Mar 1987New Road Primary School, New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1SZ
Received 8 Jun 2017Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxiv), Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 31 Jul 1958Travellers Site, Newbridge Lane, Wisbech, PE14
Received 15 Dec 1978Farcet Primary School, St Mary's Street, Farcet PE7
Received 24 Jul 2008Land To The North/north-west Of Hauxton Road (A10), To The North-west And North Of Junction 11 Of The M11 And To The West Of Cambridge Road (A10) CB22 5HT (within The Parish Of Hauxton And Partly Within The Parish Of South Trumpington)
Received 23 Jan 2025Land At, Sawtry Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, PE17
Received 6 Apr 2000Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PE
Received 26 Mar 1990Littleton House Special School
Received 20 May 1994Land At Os Parcel 0007, The Old Cold Store, Stretham Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6
Received 21 Oct 200425 Willis Road
Received 15 Jan 1986Land At, Trumpington Park & Ride, Hauxton Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 11 Aug 2006Yaxley Junior School, Landsdowne Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JL
Received 24 Jan 1995Westfield School, Ramsey Road, St Ives, PE174RB
Received 25 May 2000Adult Training Centre, Marwick Road, March, PE15
Received 24 Dec 1997Hatton Park CP School, Hattons Park, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3DL
Received 9 Jan 2018Buttsgrove Centre, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE187LY
Received 8 Aug 1994Proposed Asphalt Plant, Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 29 Nov 1956Ramsey St. Mary's C.P. School, Ashbeach Road
Received 2 Jan 1986Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 2 Jul 1993Dullingham Primary School, Stetchworth Road, Dullingham, Newmarket, CB8
Received 23 Aug 1979Cambridge Transfer Station, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DS
Received 23 May 2017Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey. Cambridge CB24 4RS
Received 28 Apr 2009Land At, Great Gidding C E (C) School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 11 May 2004Records 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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