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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Educational Development Centre, Princes Street
Received 15 Sept 1986Land Near Streetly Hall, Streetly End, West Wickham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 29 Mar 1989Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, PE150TF
Received 11 Feb 1991Foxton C.P. School, Station Road
Received 8 May 1997Ernulf Community School, Eynesbury, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192SH
Received 22 Sept 1975Mick George Ltd, Meadow Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 4YQ
Received 24 Sept 2016Adjacent North Of Landbeach Sand And Gravel Pit, Ely Road, Landbeach, Cambridge, CB4
Received 1 Sept 1959Land At, The Queen`s School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 2 Feb 2004Worts Farm, High Street
Received 18 Jul 1991Arbury Primary School, Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE
Received 19 Nov 2001Land At Ness Road, Burwell
Received 21 Aug 1985Buckden Sand And Gravel Pit (V), Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 1 Apr 1963Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Viii), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 25 Apr 198327 Clay Street
Received 11 Jun 1992Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 3 Jun 1994Northern Area Of Hinchingbrooke Park Estate, Huntingdon
Received 17 May 1978Land At, Units 1-2 Denny Industrial Estate, Pembroke Avenue, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 9 Jan 2006Adult Training Centre, Marwick Road, March, PE15
Received 9 Apr 1985St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 28 Oct 1991Land At Animal Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 28 Aug 1992Alconbury C Of E School, School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE175EQ
Received 24 Oct 1985Cowley Road Waste Transfer Station, St. John's Innovation Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ
Received 11 Nov 2013Burton Car Disposal, Cockbrook Lane, Old Weston, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE175LU
Received 4 Nov 1999Land To Rear Of M Dickerson Ltd, Ely Road, Cottenham
Received 3 Jun 1994Records 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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