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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land At, Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 13 Oct 2004Caldecote C P School, Highfields Road, Highfields, Caldecote, Cambridge, CB3 7NX
Received 26 Aug 2000Land Adjacent Primary School, Barnwell Road
Received 20 Feb 1980Elliott At St Edwards School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 29 Jun 1982St. Andrews C Of E Junior School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5AA
Received 6 Jan 1992Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0LG
Received 4 Mar 2022Cambridge College Of Further Education, Petworth Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 22 Jun 1981Land At Hinxton Sand And Gravel Pit, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, CB10
Received 31 Dec 1996Wisbech Community Centre, Tinkers Drove, Wisbech, PE13
Received 19 Apr 1991Royston Street, Litlington
Received 7 Jan 1979Waterbeach Community Primary School, High Street, Waterbeach, CB25 9JU
Received 13 Aug 2019Transit Site, Mettle Hill, Kneesworth Road
Received 28 May 1992Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 24 Sept 2019Four Silos Steeple Morden Chalk Pit (1), Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 19 Oct 1987Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way, Huntingdon, PE186UH
Received 22 Nov 1996Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB
Received 26 Mar 2002Offord CP School, Off, High Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Jan 1975St Peter's School, St Peter's Road, Huntingdon
Received 5 Jul 1979Land At, Cottenham Village College, Dunstal Field, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 12 May 2006Land At Hinxton Sand And Gravel Pit, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, CB10
Received 11 Nov 1993Nene County Infants School, Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE132AP
Received 21 Jun 1995Lantern Primary School, Nene Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2WJ
Received 14 Sept 2009Chapel Head Farm, Heath Road, Warboys
Received 30 May 1977Land On Part Of Former Rex Cinema Site, Magrath Avenue
Received 11 Feb 1981Records 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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