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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE132JH
Received 26 Apr 1999Land At, Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 24 Feb 2006Adjacent South Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (2), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 19 Jun 1975Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 2 Feb 1989Whittlesey
Received 13 Jun 1967Land At, Algores Way, Wisbech, PE13
Received 25 Mar 1998Milton Landfill Site (III), Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 21 Dec 1998East Barnwell Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RS
Received 30 Mar 1982Herods Farm, High Street, Foxton
Received 16 Jul 1980Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Viii), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 25 Jan 1966Dry Drayton Primary School, Park Street, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8DA
Received 30 Apr 2014Stibbington Centre For Environmental Education, Great North Road, Stibbington, Peterborough, PE8
Received 5 Jan 1987Land At, Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 2 Jun 2005Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 Dec 1997Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham
Received 25 Jun 19986 Marston Road, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2HB
Received 22 Jul 2020Land At Grafham Water Centre, Ridgeway, Perry
Received 12 Mar 2008Land At: Willow Walk Waste Water Treatment Works, Willow Walk, Ely, Cambridge
Received 24 Oct 2007Land At, Soham Sewage Treatment Works, Broad Piece, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 23 Dec 2003Huntingdon Primary School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE29 1AD
Received 5 Aug 2014Land At, St Andrew's Primary School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 1 Apr 2003Babraham Ce School, High Street, Babraham
Received 7 Jul 1999Slade Farm, Burwell
Received 20 Jul 1979Sawtry Infant And Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28 5SH
Received 10 Jun 2017Records 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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