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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crosshall J & I School, Crosshall Road, Eaton Socon
Received 17 Feb 1978Dimmocks Cote Moorings, Stretham Road, Wicken, Cambridgeshire
Received 30 Oct 2018Hinchingbrooke Police HQ. Hinchingbrooke Park
Received 28 Mar 1994Worts Farm, Landbeach
Received 1 Apr 1975Shirley CP School, Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RW
Received 16 Feb 1993Shire Hall Site, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3
Received 23 Oct 1998Land At: Wilbraham Quarry, Cambridge, CB1
Received 9 Nov 2007Ramnoth Road Primary School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JB
Received 27 Jun 1974St Augustines Hostel, Mayfield Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 11 Jun 2001Cambridge College Of Further Education, York Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 20 Dec 1977Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 4 Jun 1992Glenfield House Old Peoples Home, Money Bank, Wisbech, PE132JF
Received 6 Jul 1988Land To The South West Of Block Fen Farm, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 16 Mar 1999Bassingbourn C.P. School, Brook Road
Received 15 Feb 1989Cambs Farm College, Milton
Received 3 Jul 1985Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Xvii), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 28 Jun 1977Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 18 Mar 1987Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 7 Nov 1990Fulbourn Primary School, School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5BH
Received 10 Apr 2014Balsham County Primary School, High Street, Balsham
Received 30 May 1975Leverington Community PS, Church Road, Leverington, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 5DD
Received 19 May 2010Lyons Farm, Wimblington Fen, Wimblington, Cambridgeshire
Received 30 Nov 2010Bar Hill C.P. School
Received 18 May 1994Ernulf Community School, Eynesbury, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192SH
Received 17 Mar 1975Records 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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