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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Unit 5, Lakeside Business Units, Block Fen, Mepal CB6
Received 11 Jul 2008Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PE
Received 19 Nov 1987Isleham C Of E School, Malting Lane, Isleham, Ely, CB7 5RZ
Received 1 Sept 1997Somersat Farm, Cants Drove, Murrow, Wisbech, PE13 4HN
Received 3 Oct 2011St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 16 May 1994Elliot Medway Building, Former Infants School, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB1
Received 19 Jun 2003Land At, Wyton Primary School, Cambridge Square, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 7 Jun 2002Wisbech Grammar School, North Brink, Wisbech, PE131JX
Received 29 Mar 1990Fenland Contract Services, Melbourne Avenue, March, PE150EN
Received 13 Jun 1996Shepreth Pit, Angle Lane, Shepreth, Royston, SG8
Received 29 Sept 1995Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE132JH
Received 24 Dec 1997Grafham Water Centre, Perry, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 15 Aug 2008Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows, Cambridge
Received 12 Oct 2021Land Adj. 27 Cambridge Road
Received 17 Nov 1988The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 2 Jul 1991St Lawrence Court, Princess St. Huntingdon
Received 25 Jul 1983Land At, Fowlmere Primary School, Butts Lane, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8
Received 15 May 2003Park Lane GM Primary School, Park Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1JB
Received 7 Oct 1974Howard Mallett Centre, Sturton Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 26 Mar 1996A1 Borrow Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 9 Dec 1957Shire Hall Site, Castle Hill, Cambridge
Received 28 Jun 1979Gamlingay First School, Green End
Received 18 Jun 1992Rackham Ce School, Main Street, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2HQ
Received 5 Aug 1998Land To The North Of Cam Drive & South Of King Edgar Close, Ely, CB6 2WH
Received 5 Jun 2014Records 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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