Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Alconbury Weald Education Campus, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire
Received 21 Dec 2023Larkfield Adult Training Centre, High Barns, Ely, CB7 4SB
Received 19 Feb 1993Stukeley Road, Huntingdon
Received 23 Mar 1978Burnsfield Infs & King Edward Jun School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16
Received 13 Jun 1979Whitewalls, Eldernell Lane, Coates, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 2DD
Received 19 Nov 2010Marston Road, Eynesbury, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire
Received 7 Jul 2008The Village College, New Road
Received 9 Mar 1989Land At Trading Standards HQ, Brampton Road, Huntingdon
Received 5 Apr 1994Willow Walk Farm, Wyton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 2AA
Received 19 Mar 2010Papworth Everard C.P. School, Ermine Street
Received 5 Jan 1996Land Including The Marven Centre, New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BP
Received 19 Apr 2017Land At Junction Of Chatteris Road And, Colne Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 18 Sept 1986Gorefield Primary School, High Road, Gorefield, Wisbech, PE134NB
Received 3 Oct 1991Horsegate Lane, Whittlesey
Received 5 Aug 1977Police Station, 27 High Street, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1HE
Received 11 Jan 1989Recyplas Limited, Hook Lane, Wimblington, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0QQ
Received 20 Feb 2023Land At Saxon Pit, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Nov 2020Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
Received 20 Apr 2011Land At Furze Hill, Back Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 27 Aug 1949Land At: Former Mepal Airfield, Mepal Road, Sutton, Cambridge
Received 22 Oct 2007Orchard Court Junior Training Centre, Money Bank, Wisbech, PE13
Received 17 May 1984Over Primary School, Long Furlong, Over, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5PG
Received 4 Mar 2022Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 8 Oct 1993Land At Bridgefoot Farm, Newmarket Road, Heydon, Royston
Received 29 Aug 2002Records 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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