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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Sept 1943 to 3 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Melbourn Primary School, Mortlock Street, Melbourn, SG8 6DB
Received 13 Apr 2017Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 8 Aug 2023Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PE
Received 15 Aug 1990Townley Primary School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Cambridgeshire, PE14 9NA
Received 24 Apr 2024Hay Street, Steeple Morden
Received 8 Dec 1980Littleport Sports & Leisure Centre, Camel Road, Littleport, Cambs, CB6 1EW
Received 8 Jul 2016Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 29 Jan 1988Alconbury Recycling & Transfer Facility, Stangate Business Park, Alconbury Hill, Alconbury Weston, PE28
Received 10 May 2007Littleton House Special School
Received 15 Sept 1987Cherry Hinton Infant School, High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9HH
Received 20 Dec 1977Land To Rear Of 63, Station Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7
Received 24 Nov 1993Land At, Must Farm & King`s Dyke, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough
Received 24 Mar 2005Barleycroft Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 5 Oct 1955Land At Mitchell Hill Farm, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 9 Jun 1992Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 6 Dec 1988Land To The West Of Electricity Sub Station, King's Hedges Road, Cambridge, CB4 2XD
Received 8 Jun 2010Castle Camps C E School, Bartlow Road, Castle Camps
Received 14 Mar 1985Wilburton Primary School, Carpond Lane, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RJ
Received 3 Sept 2014Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 11 Feb 1992Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, PE150TF
Received 21 Jun 1991County Highways Depot, Ermine Street, Caxton
Received 11 Jun 1975Histon Junior School, The Green, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9JA
Received 18 Jan 2018Travellers Site, Newbridge Lane, Wisbech, PE14
Received 26 Apr 1994Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, PE150TF
Received 11 Oct 1994Records 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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