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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Including The Marven Centre, New Road, Sawston, Cambs, CB22 3BP
Received 7 Dec 2016Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxi), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 5 Dec 1979Land At, Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 13 May 2003Former British Gas Site, Potters Lane, Ely, CB7
Received 20 Sept 1994Great Hasse Farm, Hasse Road, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7
Received 24 May 1994Land At, Hensby Composts, The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 9 Sept 2002Land At Busy Bees Preschool Grange Road Littleport
Received 14 Mar 2007Alconbury Weald Education Campus , Ermine Street , Alconbury Weald , Cambridgeshire , PE28 4WX
Received 19 Feb 2025Land At, Waterbeach Primary School, High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5 9JU
Received 17 Dec 2004Land East Of Rectory Close
Received 3 Jan 1991Huntingdon Technical College, California Road, Huntingdon
Received 11 Dec 1979Land To Rear Of Bale House, Coleseed Road, March, PE15
Received 4 Jan 1989Buckden Ce School, School Lane, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 8 Jan 1976Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 8 Apr 1991Hauxton Primary School, Jopling Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HY
Received 30 Sept 2014Land At, Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 27 Oct 2004Holme C Of E Junior School, Church Street, Holme, Peterborough, PE7 3PB
Received 3 May 1976Glenfield House Old Peoples Home, Money Bank, Wisbech, PE132JF
Received 11 Jul 1980Cambridgeshire County Council Civic Hub, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4WX
Received 23 Oct 2020Babraham Park And Ride, Babraham, Great Shelford, CB22 3AA
Received 15 Jul 2022Dimmocks Cote Quarry , Stretham Road, Wicken, CB7 5XL
Received 2 Sept 2024Shortsands, Cambridge Road, St. Neots
Received 16 Feb 1982Land At Viridor Richardson Ltd, Aaron Road Industrial Estate, Station Road, Whittlesey, CB6
Received 15 Nov 20027 East Street, St. Neots
Received 31 Jan 1980Records 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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