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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 4 Jul 1979Land At, Mepal And Witcham CP School, Brangehill Lane, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 2 Apr 2002Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2AY
Received 5 Oct 2015Land At, St Andrew's C Of E (C) Primary School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 14 Nov 2007Colleges Nursery School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD
Received 10 Mar 1980Yaxley Infants School, Main Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 8 Oct 1997Land At Mere Way, Milton
Received 18 Apr 1984Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 6 Aug 1985Fen Ditton County Primary School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8SZ
Received 18 Dec 2008Bassingbourn Primary School, 43 Brook Road, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5NP
Received 17 Nov 2018Rackham Ce School, Main Street, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2HQ
Received 20 May 1999Land At, Huntingdon Youth Centre, Sallowbush Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 12 Dec 2003Land At, Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 24 Jul 2003Parsonage Farm, West End, Whittlesford
Received 10 Apr 1978Woodhatch Farm, Thrapston Road, Ellington, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 27 May 2008Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows Cambridge
Received 6 Jul 2018Concrete Batching Plant At Weybridge Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Great North Road, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 17 Mar 1997Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE175TQ
Received 3 Jul 1990Sports Centre, Cottenham Village College
Received 1 Apr 1993Land At, Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE13
Received 11 Feb 2005Blackwell Travellers Site, Kings Hedges Road
Received 26 Aug 1992Land To The East Of Aaron Road Industrial Estate, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 2EX
Received 1 Nov 2011Duxford Church Of England Community Primary School , St Johns Street, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4RA
Received 23 Oct 2025Land At, Ramsey Junior School, Station Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE26
Received 30 Oct 2003Records 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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