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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hemingford Grey Primary School, St. Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE28 9DU
Received 24 Oct 2013Warboys CP School, Humberdale Way, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 29 Nov 1977East Of Station Farm Clay Pit, Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 29 Mar 1996Grunty Fen Landfill Site, Poole Road, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
Received 12 May 1992Land To The South West Of Eldernell Sand And Gravel Pit, Eldernell Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 23 Jul 1996Church Farm, Quy, Cambridge
Received 11 May 1978Woodford Waste Disposal, Station Road, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE28 2TX
Received 7 Dec 2020Land At, Mepal Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 31 Mar 2005Land At Buckden Landfill Site, Station Farm, Brampton Road, Buckden, PE19
Received 3 Mar 2008Queen Adelaide, Ely
Received 24 Sept 1987Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 5 Feb 1991Land At, Red Lodge Waste Transfer & Recycling Facility, The Carrops, Red Lodge, Bury St Edmunds, CB8
Received 8 Jun 2006Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 30 Jul 1992Land At, Woodhatch Farm, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 20 Dec 2005Land At, Burrough Green Primary School, Bradley Road, Burrough Green, Newmarket, CB8
Received 8 Nov 2007Old County Buildings, Grammar School Walk
Received 12 Aug 1988Foxton Sewage Treatment Works, Barrington Road, Foxton, Cambridge, CB2
Received 6 Aug 1996Central Library, Lion Yard
Received 31 May 1989Land At Ernulf Community School, Eynesbury, St. Neots, Huntingdon
Received 17 Jan 1996Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 30 Jan 1976Trumpington Park & Ride, 45, Hauxton Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FT
Received 14 Feb 2019Land To The West Of Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Oct 201534 Thorby Avenue, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0AZ
Received 18 Mar 2025Land At, Cambridge Centre For Recycling, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 20 Jul 2006Records 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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