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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Mepal
Received 29 Nov 1982South Of Caldecote Fen Peat Bog, Holmewood Estate, Caldecote, Peterborough, PE7
Received 16 Jan 1989Gordon Fendick & St Augustines Schools, Tinkers Drove, Wisbech, PE13
Received 25 Jan 1980Linton Village College, Linton
Received 11 Dec 1975Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xii), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 Jan 1973Land At Burnsfield Infant And King Edward Junior Schools, Burnsfield Street, Chatteris, PE16
Received 13 Sept 2001Margetts Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Oct 1964Land To The South West Of Ely St. John's School, St. Johns Road, Ely, CB6
Received 13 Jun 2001Mepal Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2AY
Received 29 Dec 2009Land To The South Of Ely Between Angel Drove & Stuntney Causeway
Received 17 Oct 2017Cottenham Village College, Cottenham
Received 17 Dec 1975Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 9 Feb 1987Westwood Junior School, Maple Grove, March, PE158JT
Received 8 Jun 1989Huntingdon STW, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE3
Received 14 Jan 2009Land North Of Haddon Road Grange Farm, Haddon Road, Peterborough, PE3
Received 24 Mar 1997South West Of Little Paxton Sand And Gravel Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 1 Apr 1960Fowlmere C.P. School, The Butts,Fowlmere
Received 2 Apr 1987Kilhams Farm
Received 7 Oct 1986Stapleford C.P. School, Bar Lane
Received 13 Oct 1986Dimmock's Cote And Adjacent Land Limestone Quarry, Dimmock's Cote Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7
Received 6 Feb 1981Queens Girls School, Queens Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 5 Sept 1983Ely Southern Link Road, Angel Drove/Cawdle Fen Drove, Ely
Received 9 Nov 1979Clarkson Infants School, Trafford Road, Wisbech, PE13 2ES
Received 3 Jun 2016Grove Primary School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
Received 22 Feb 1988Records 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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