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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Manor School, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RR
Received 30 Aug 1996The Old School, High Street, Stetchworth, Newmarket, CB8
Received 30 Oct 1987Land Off Sawtry Way, Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Received 24 Jun 2008Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 10 May 2025East Of Wyton Sand And Gravel Pit, Huntingdon Road, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 5 Dec 1952Lyons Farm Reservoirs, Wimblington Road, Manea, PE15 0JZ
Received 18 Feb 2021The Orchard, Chivers Way, Histon, Cambridge, CB4
Received 14 Jun 1996Part Of Former Brick Works, Puddock Hill, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 24 Apr 1996Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey
Received 19 Oct 1977Goodwin Farm, 1 Heath Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0LA
Received 9 Mar 2023Ely St Johns Community Primary School, St Johns Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3BW
Received 6 Oct 2000Sawston Village College, New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3BP
Received 13 Dec 2012City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 2SH
Received 22 Jul 1997Haddenham STW, Lode Way, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3UL
Received 9 Feb 2012Land At, Millfield Primary School, Grange Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 7 Oct 2005Land At And Adjoining 37 Symonds Lane
Received 4 Jun 1990Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 28 Apr 1999Farcet Ce Primary School, St. Mary's Street, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7
Received 11 Oct 2007PT. Osp 49, Whaddon
Received 24 Feb 1977Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (I), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 12 May 1992Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 2HS
Received 2 Dec 1993Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 16 Nov 1994Cowley Road Park And Ride
Received 10 May 2000Bassenhally Sand And Gravel Pit, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 1 Jan 1948Records 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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