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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Ramsey County Junior School, Station Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171JA
Received 14 Oct 1983Land Adjacent To Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 30 Mar 1995Land At, Witcham Meadlands (Mepal) Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, Ely
Received 20 Jan 2004Land Rear Of The Manor, Church Road
Received 16 Oct 1985City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 2SH
Received 19 Jul 1985Land At, Mayer Parry Recycling Ltd, Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8
Received 30 Jul 1996Land At Spring Common Special School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 20 Aug 2008Land At Wilbraham Chalk Pit, London Road, Great Wilbraham
Received 14 Aug 2002The Heath, Bluntisham Heath Road, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 22 Jul 1994Barrington
Received 12 Dec 1980Colville CP School, Church Lane, Newton, Wisbech, PE13
Received 30 Dec 1981Little Thetford CP School, Green Hill, Little Thetford, Ely, CB6 3HD
Received 26 Apr 1990Land At, Littleport Community Primary School, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 14 Feb 2003The Lodge, Warkworth Terrace/27 Warkworth Street
Received 19 Aug 1987Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Received 12 Jun 1987Grunty Fen Landfill Site, Pools Road, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
Received 4 Mar 1992Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, PE150TF
Received 17 Dec 1997Ashwell & Morden Station Goods Yard, Station Road, Odsey, SG7 5RT
Received 11 Jul 2015Whittlesey
Received 19 Jan 1971Fulbourn Primary School, School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5BH
Received 2 Sept 2017Land At:, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, Cambridge, CB4
Received 8 Aug 2007Swavesey C.P. School, Middle Watch
Received 1 May 1987Willow Hall Farm, Hillrow Causeway, Haddenham, Ely, CB6 3PA
Received 20 Oct 2021Offord CP School, Off, High Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 27 Jun 1984Records 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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