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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Cambridgeshire County Council Civic Hub, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4YE
Received 14 May 2021Dry Drayton Primary School, Park Street, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, CB23 8DA
Received 2 Aug 2012Little Thetford CP School, Green Hill, Little Thetford, Ely, CB6 3HD
Received 17 Feb 1997Cheveley Ce School, High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, CB8 9DG
Received 7 Jan 1997Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 29 Dec 1976Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiii), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 7 Nov 1994Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 23 Sept 1975Land To The South Of The A605 (Peterborough Road) From A Point 480 Metres West To 435 Metres East Of The Kings Dyke Level Crossing
Received 21 Dec 2017Land At, Padnal Sidings, Ely Road, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7
Received 14 Mar 2005Land Adjoining 10 Chatteris Road
Received 19 Mar 1986Land At, Middlefield Community Primary School, Andrew Road, Eynesbury, St. Neots, PE19
Received 31 May 2006County Primary School, The Fold, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
Received 14 Feb 1977Impington Village College, New Road, Impington, Cambridgeshire CB24 9LX
Received 6 Oct 2009North West Of Trout Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Earith Fen Drove, Earith, St. Ives
Received 5 Oct 1961Marsh Lane Quarry, Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire
Received 11 Apr 2023Land At, The Harbour School, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6
Received 17 May 2005Histon And Impington Junior School, The Green, Histon
Received 16 Feb 1998Land At, Farcet Primary School, St Mary's Street, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7
Received 3 Mar 2006Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE175NX
Received 13 Mar 1979Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 13 Apr 2022Land At Pendragon Primary School, Discovery Way, Cambridge, CB4 1FE
Received 4 Jan 2007Milton Landfill Site, Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6DQ
Received 2 Jan 2019Brampton Borrow Pit, Adjacent A1 Filling Station, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 22 Jun 1990Witcham Meadlands Sand And Gravel Pit, Langwood Fen, Chatteris, PE16
Received 13 Jan 1994Records 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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