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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Park Lane GM Primary School, Park Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1JB
Received 4 Jun 1999Sewage Disposal Works, New Street, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5QF
Received 31 Mar 2026Middlefield CP School, Andrew Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 16 Oct 1987Straw Burning Plant, Elean Business Park, Sutton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6
Received 25 Mar 199425 Priors Court, Ely
Received 18 Feb 1983West Of Trout Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Earith Fen Drove, Earith, St. Ives
Received 25 Apr 1955Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows Cambridge
Received 12 Sept 2018Land At, St Andrew's C Of E (C) Primary School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 1 Nov 2004Former Air Cadet Hall, Somers Rd, Wisbech
Received 15 Aug 1996Adjacent East Of Wyton Sand And Gravel Pit, Huntingdon Road, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 9 Jun 1956Northstowe Secondary College, Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ
Received 2 Feb 2024The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 11 Mar 1996Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 11 Feb 1992Bury Lane Farm Composting Facility, Bury Lane Farm, Bury Lane, Ramsey Heights, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE26 2RU
Received 19 Oct 2004City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 2SH
Received 15 Apr 1994Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
Received 2 Jul 2020Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Received 25 Apr 1983Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Vii), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 21 Jan 1966Burwell Fire Station, Reach Road, Burwell
Received 22 Jan 1985Thongsley County Junior & Infant School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE187PE
Received 11 Dec 1975Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 21 May 1990Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Xii), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 23 Aug 1971Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 8 Nov 1988Abbey Meadows School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND
Received 17 May 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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