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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Part Of School Playing Field, Sefton Avenue, Wisbech
Received 26 May 1978CKD Storage, Barrington Cement Works, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, CB2
Received 27 Dec 2000Somersham STW, Colne Road, Somersham, Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Jul 2008Former Hereward Comprehensive School, Robingoodfellows Lane, March, PE15
Received 10 Sept 1990Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 23 Apr 1975Buxhall Farm Primary School And Early Years, Glebe Way, Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9HW
Received 13 Sept 2019The Village College, Station Road
Received 9 Mar 1989Sawtry Infants School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5SH
Received 30 Jan 2024Milton C. E. Primary School, Butt Lane
Received 4 May 1988St Johns C Of E Primary School, Sallowbush Road, Huntingdon, PE29 7LA
Received 24 Apr 2012Malary House, Brookfield Business Centre, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8PS
Received 9 Aug 2012Willow Wall Farm Peat Bog, Stilton Fen, Stilton, Peterborough, PE7
Received 26 Mar 1979Cambridge College Of Further Education, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 5 Dec 1978Impington Village College, New Road
Received 21 Jun 1990Station Farm Landfill Site, Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 13 Jan 1998Hill Farm, Church Street/South Street, Litlington
Received 24 Oct 1983Lodge Farm, Knights End, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0YN
Received 2 Oct 2018Somersham Quarry, Long Drove, Somersham, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Sept 2012Land At, Riverside, Cambridge Between River Lane (South) & Stanley Road (North)
Received 24 Mar 2005Wingate Way
Received 28 Feb 1977Benwick Village Hall, High Street, Benwick, March, PE15
Received 17 Feb 1995Land At, Cleanaway/Veolia Es (UK) Ltd, Cowley Road, Off Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 2 Feb 2007Station Quarry, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Baldock, Cambridgeshire, SG7 5RT
Received 13 Apr 2023Morley Memorial Primary School, 91 - 100, Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TS
Received 15 Jul 2017Records 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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