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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.
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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Received 21 Jun 1995Melbourn CP School, Mortlock Street, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DB
Received 10 Jun 2016Householders Waste Disposal Site And Controllers Cabin, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 16 Jan 1989Linton Heights JNR School, Wheatsheaf Way, Linton, Cambridge, CB21 4XB
Received 27 Nov 2013Mobile At Great Paxton Primary School, Mount Pleasant, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 5 Apr 2001Payne School, Main Road, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE134JA
Received 30 Dec 1981Land Off, Fen Drayton Road, Swavesey
Received 4 Apr 2001Icknield C.P. School, Lynton Way
Received 1 May 1997Linton Village College, Linton
Received 22 Sept 1975Mick George Ltd, Second Drove, Meadow Lane, St Ives, PE27 4LG
Received 24 Jun 2016Land Off Poplar Drove, Ten Mile Bank, Littleport
Received 18 Feb 2008Adjacent South Of Galley Hill Sand And Gravel Pit, Potton Road, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 26 Jan 1965Land At, Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, CB25
Received 15 Aug 20073 Church View, Witchford
Received 18 Feb 1983Hales Waste Control, Marston Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 29 Dec 2000Land At, Little Paxton Sand & Gravel Quarry, Great North Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 17 Mar 2003Land At, Ernulf Community School, Barford Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 20 Jun 2002Land At St Andrews C.E. School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 17 Jul 2001Murrow County Primary School, Murrow Bank, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE134HD
Received 26 Feb 1991Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 23 Jun 1999Site Of Existing Pair Of Farm Cottages, Larkhall Farm, Fordham
Received 2 Jul 1985Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 12 Oct 2021Former Hereward Comprehensive School, Robingoodfellows Lane, March, PE15
Received 3 Jun 1974St. Peters School, St. Peters Road
Received 24 Apr 1986Records 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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