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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 28 May 1992The Newton School, Caxton End, Elnsley
Received 18 Aug 1977Holywell School, Mill Way, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE173TF
Received 23 Jun 1988Adjacent West Of Hundred Road Clay Pit, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 19 Apr 1988Cambridgeshire County Council Civic Hub, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4WX
Received 19 Apr 2019Within Area F London Brick Company, London Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 20 Mar 1969Kennett Hall Farm, Centre Basin, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8
Received 13 Jun 2000Fowlmere C P School, The Butts, Fowlmere
Received 7 Jul 1981South East Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (2), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 20 Jul 2000St Augustines C Of E School, Cherry Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 31 Dec 1976Land To The South Of Ely Between Angel Drove & Stuntney Causeway
Received 29 Sept 2016Springfields Training Centre, Cromwell Walk, Huntingdon
Received 22 Oct 1975Upwood Common Farm, Ramsey Heights
Received 22 Apr 1977Cherry Hinton Infant School, High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9HH
Received 13 Jun 1978Land At Peckover Primary School, Levrington Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 25 Oct 2002City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely
Received 19 Nov 1997Kingswood Park Old Peoples Home, Kingswood Road, March, PE15
Received 15 Jun 1981Twentypence Road
Received 16 May 1990Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 22 Jun 2017Former Silt Lagoon And Plant Site Area Off, Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 10 Apr 2000Land Behind 12, The Heath, Gamlingay, Sandy, SG19
Received 20 Feb 1998Land At, Sawtry Infant School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 7 Jun 2002Shortsands Day Centre, Cambridge Street
Received 12 Jan 1993Land At, South Highways Division, Station Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 12 May 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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