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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Hinchingbrooke Police H.Q. Hinchingbrooke Park
Received 10 Feb 1992The Green Hedges, Bar Lane, Stapleford
Received 7 Nov 1979Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows Cambridge
Received 11 Sept 2018Coton C.E. [Controlled] Community Primary School
Received 4 Jan 1993Land At, Stibbington Outdoor Centre, Church Lane, Stibbington, Peterborough, PE8
Received 26 Nov 2007Sawston Village College, New Road
Received 15 Aug 1991Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (V), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 29 Nov 1955Police Station, 1 Queen Street
Received 9 Aug 1988Kings Hedges Primary School, Northfields Avenue, Cambridge, CB4 2HU
Received 9 Jan 2014Francis Jeeps Farm College, Milton
Received 8 Nov 1977Hauxton C P School, Jopling Way, Hauxton
Received 13 Jan 1998Stapleford C.P. School, Bar Lane
Received 3 Jan 1996Land Off Long Reach Lake, Parsons Green, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 Feb 2000Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 9 Aug 1977Rackham Ce School, Main Street, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2HQ
Received 12 May 1997Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 27 Oct 1988Melbourn Branch Library, The Moor, Melbourn, SG8 6ED
Received 13 Aug 1999The Country Centre, Howes Close, Huntingdon Road, Girton
Received 2 Aug 1984Worts Farm, High Street
Received 10 Apr 1992Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 10 May 2025Land At, Rear Of 674, Leverington Common, Leverington, Wisbech, PE13
Received 3 Feb 2006Hauxton Primary School, Jopling Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HY
Received 9 Mar 2016The Icknield C.P. School, Lyton Way
Received 9 Apr 1987Little Paxton Primary School, Gordon Road, Little Paxton, St. Neots, PE19 6NG
Received 7 Apr 2016Records 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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