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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Coton C Of E Community Primary School, Whitwell Way, Coton, Cambridge, CB23 7PW
Received 29 Apr 2014Land At, Sawston Sewage Treatment Works, Cambridge Road, Sawston, CB2
Received 31 Jul 2007King's Dyke Brickworks, Off Peterborough Rd. Whittlesey
Received 12 Dec 1989Dawsons Farm, Puddock Drove, Ramsey
Received 21 Dec 1977Factory Bank, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, PE26 2RD
Received 11 Oct 2012Lisle Lane To Join Prickwillow Road, Ely
Received 15 Oct 1979East Of Knobbs Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Fen Lane, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 Apr 1987Morley Memorial Primary School, 91 - 100, Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TS
Received 15 Sept 2016North Of Wyton Sand And Gravel Pit, Huntingdon Road, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 19 Nov 1947Comberton Village College
Received 23 Aug 1979Mepal Reservior, Short North Fen Drove, Sutton, Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Sept 2021Former Primary School, Parsonage Close
Received 20 Feb 1987Mepal Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2AY
Received 10 Sept 2010Sawston Village College, Sawston
Received 24 Oct 1974Heydon Road, Greta Chishill
Received 11 Mar 1977Mepal Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Nr. Chatteris, Cambridgeshire CB6
Received 15 Oct 2008Wilbraham Chalk Pit, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, CB21 4HH
Received 12 Aug 2024Land Either Side Of Railway, Off, Fen Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 11 Feb 1976Land At Holme C Of E Junior School, Church Street, Holme
Received 21 Nov 1996Cambridgeshire Probation Service, Cambridge Family Court Welfare, 1-2 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 2BB
Received 18 Aug 1995Middlefield CP School, Andrew Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 28 Apr 1995Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton
Received 5 Jun 1996John Paxton C.P. School, Link Road
Received 13 Nov 1996Wilbraham Quarry, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire
Received 13 Mar 2018Records 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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