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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Temporary Buildings For Parkside CC On Parkers Piece, Parkside, Cambridge, CB1
Received 10 Nov 1992Kings Delph Gate Farm, Ramsey Road, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7 3DZ
Received 13 Apr 2017Land To The South Of Ely Between Angel Drove & Stuntney Causeway
Received 21 Sept 2018The Shade Primary School, The Shade, Soham, Ely, CB7 5DE
Received 14 Apr 2016St Michael's Adult Training Centre, Ambury Rd. Huntingdon
Received 1 Sept 1998Land At, Milton Primary School, Humphries Way, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 30 May 2003Barnabas Oley C Of E Primary School, Little Lane, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19
Received 2 Feb 1993Land At March Highways Depot, Melbourne Avenue, March
Received 3 Dec 2009Histon Sweet Spreads , Chivers Way, Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9NR
Received 2 Mar 2022Elliott At St Edwards School, A.K.A. Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 5 Nov 1993Buttsgrove Centre, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE187LY
Received 29 Apr 1999Queen Street, March
Received 16 Feb 1977Priory Junior & Infant School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND
Received 26 Apr 1993Caldecote C.P School, Highfields
Received 8 Dec 1994Lattenbury Services, Lattenbury Farm Lattenbury Lane, Godmanchester, PE28
Received 12 Feb 2008Land At, Rutland Stud Beef Unit, School Road, Saxon Street, Newmarket, CB8
Received 3 Apr 2006Land At Gamlingay First School, Green End, Gamlingay, Sandy, SG19
Received 7 Jun 2001Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 28 Jun 1988Green Hedges Special School, Bar Lane
Received 5 Dec 1996Mitchell Hill Farm, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8PP
Received 12 Mar 2019St Edwards School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 20 May 1974Waterbeach Community Primary School, High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9JU
Received 30 Apr 2020Milton School, Humphries Way, Milton, Cambridge, CB24 6DL
Received 19 Feb 2015Lady Adrian Special School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4
Received 19 Dec 2003Records 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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