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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land At, Yaxley Youth Centre, Middletons Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 20 Jul 2005Former Sawtry CP School, Green End Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 13 Oct 1976Slate Hall Farm, Dry Drayton Road, Oakington, Cambridgeshire, CB23 8HB
Received 16 Jan 2024Pits Of East Anglian Cesent Co. Shepreth
Received 1 Jan 1974Clay Farm Primary School, Land To The East Of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, And To The West Of Hobson Brook, Cambridge
Received 18 Apr 2017Bar Hill C.P. School
Received 13 Jan 1987Land North Of, Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, PE13
Received 20 Aug 1997Off A1303, Junction Of Westbound Slip Road To A45
Received 30 Apr 1986Raf Molesworth, Cockbrook Lane, Old Weston, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 28 Nov 1996Harston And Newton Community Primary School, High Street, Harston, CB22 7PX
Received 3 Feb 2022Highways Depot, Stukeley Road
Received 6 Mar 1989Land At Fenmarc Produce, Wisbech Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0BA
Received 27 May 2009Cowley Road Waste Transfer Station, St. John's Innovation Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ
Received 1 Sept 2017Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 15 Jun 1976Gladeside Site, Bar Hill Village Centre
Received 13 Jan 1986Bottisham CP School, Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9BE
Received 19 Dec 1977Aliwal Manor Old Peoples Home, Turners Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1EH
Received 27 Jul 1994Medworth Efw Chp Facility, Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 20 Jun 2025Tillicoultry Quarries Ltd Coated Stone Plant, Queen Adelaide Way, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4UB
Received 26 Sept 2022Gorefield Primary School, High Road, Gorefield, Wisbech, PE134NB
Received 11 Apr 1983Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 11 Dec 1996West Fen Farm, Whittlesey Road, March, PE15 0AF
Received 20 Dec 2018Kings Hedges Primary School, Cameron Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LX
Received 12 Sept 1990Rowley Mile Warehouses, Osp 7247, Heath Road, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 7 Jul 1995Records 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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