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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Little Paxton Quarry, Great North Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 18 Jan 1988Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (1), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 3 Jun 1960Histon County Junior School, The Green, Histon
Received 21 Nov 1983Sutton C Of E County Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 3 Feb 1992Norman Cement Works, Limekiln Hill And, Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1
Received 12 Feb 1948Isleham Chalk Pit, Station Road, Isleham, Ely, CB7
Received 4 Sept 19516 Marshall Road
Received 27 Jan 1993Westry AD Plant, Wisbech Road, Westry, March, PE15 0BA
Received 23 Dec 2020Burnsfield Infs & King Edward Jun School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16
Received 22 Jul 1991Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Vi), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 9 Dec 1958Wheatfields Primary School , Wheatfields, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 3WF
Received 11 Jul 2023Cavalry Primary School, Cavalry Drive, March, PE15
Received 25 Nov 1991Electrostatic Precipitation Plant At Cement Works, Chapel Hill, Barrington, Cambridge, CB3
Received 15 Sept 1987Colville CP School, Church Lane, Newton, Wisbech, PE13
Received 10 Nov 1988Railway Station, Off, Railway Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 19 Jul 1996Cherry Hinton Infant School, High Street, Cambridge CB1 9HH
Received 8 Oct 2010Howard Mallett Centre, Sturton Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 5 Feb 1992Land Off Trafford Road, Wisbech
Received 14 Jan 1980Land At, Ramsey Abbey School, The Abbey, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE26
Received 27 Feb 2006Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (III), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 13 Jul 1944Wilbraham Chalk Pit, London Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 3 Jul 1996Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 22 Jan 1998St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 11 Mar 1988Land At, Eastfield Infant School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE27
Received 4 Mar 2004Records 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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