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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6,198 approved · 193 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Hintxon, Cambridge
Received 16 May 1989Grunty Fen Landfill And Householders Waste Site, Pools Road, Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Jun 1991Little Paxton Quarry, Little Paxton, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6ET
Received 12 Mar 2025Barton C Of E Aided School, School Lane
Received 17 Dec 1990Kennett II Site, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 25 Oct 1999Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 30 May 2025Land Rear Of 22 St Andrews Street, Cambridge
Received 28 Sept 1981Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxiii), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 17 Aug 1993Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 5 Jul 1993Irrigation Pond At Honey Hill, Sixteen Foot Bank, Chatteris, PE16
Received 27 Sept 1988Land Adj. Home Close, Fulbourn
Received 3 Jun 1997Medworth Efw Chp Facility, Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Jul 2025Grange Farm, Newmarket Road, Royston, SG8
Received 9 Jul 19876 Brewery Road, Pampisford
Received 6 Oct 1981Over County Primary School, Long Furlong, Over
Received 29 May 1998Raising Of Four Silos Steeple Morden Chalk Pit (1), Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 10 May 1989Alconbury Waste Transfer Facility, Stangate Business Park, Old North Road, Alconbury Weston, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4JH
Received 22 Dec 2015Buckden North Landfill, Brampton Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5UH
Received 5 Oct 2011Orton Pit, Orton Malborne, Peterborough, PE2
Received 29 Jan 1953Whitwell Farm, High Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 3 Oct 1997North Of Chippenham Sand And Gravel Pit, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 12 Jan 1950Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 6 Mar 1979Little Thetford CP School, Green Hill, Little Thetford, Ely, CB6 3HD
Received 25 Nov 1988Adjacent West Of Knobbs Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Fen Lane, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 6 Apr 1989Records 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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