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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 28 Jun 1988March Landfill Site, Hundred Road, March, Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Feb 2012Downham Feoffees School, Main Street, Little Downham, Ely, CB6 2ST
Received 28 Sept 1995Land Off Butt Lane, Milton, Cambs, CB24 6DQ
Received 15 Mar 2021Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 25 Jan 1980The Weatheralls Primary School, Pratt Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5BH
Received 23 Jun 2016Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 9 Jun 1998Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FS
Received 30 Mar 2012Primary School, Melbourn
Received 18 Jan 1979Over C.P. School, Long Furlong
Received 17 Jan 1991Colville County Primary School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 17 Dec 1980Newnham Croft Primary School, Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF
Received 15 Nov 1994Burton Car Disposal, Cockbrook Lane, Old Weston, Huntingdon, PE28 5LU
Received 21 Feb 2007Dimmocks Cote Quarry, 44 Stretham Road, Wicken, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5XL
Received 19 Nov 2014Morley Memorial Primary School, 91 Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX
Received 4 Oct 1983Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Chatteris
Received 28 Aug 2012Barrington Cement Plant, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 16 Dec 2020Land At, Fenstanton And Hilton Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 8 Nov 2004Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxii), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 22 Apr 1993Land At Goodwin Farm, 1 Heath Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0LA
Received 29 Nov 2022Former Hereward Comprehensive School, Robingoodfellows Lane, March, PE15
Received 15 Feb 1983Extensions To Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 23 Dec 1987South West Of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Between Robinson Way And Addenbrooke's Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Received 28 Feb 2014Thomas Eaton Primary School, Church Street, Wimblington, March, PE15
Received 12 Aug 1993Records 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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