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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 3 May 1989Cambridgeshire County Council Civic Hub, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4YE
Received 2 Jun 2021Wheatfields County Infant School, Ramsey Road, St.Ives
Received 3 Apr 2000Brookfield Business Centre, Malary House, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, CB24 8PS
Received 18 Dec 2018Plantation Quarry , Station Road, Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, SG8 0NX
Received 25 Jul 2024Elliott At St Edwards School, A.K.A. Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 9 Feb 1996Newnham Croft Primary School, Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF
Received 31 Jul 1975Milton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiii), Cambridge Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 2 Apr 1976March Landfill Site, Hundred Road, March, Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Feb 2012Bulkfill Extraction South Of A505 At Pampisford And, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, CB10
Received 2 Jun 1959Roger Ascham Library Depot, Ascham Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2BD
Received 5 Jul 2021Adjacent North Of Hundred Road Clay Pit, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 5 Jan 1995Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 7 Oct 1999Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PE
Received 22 Jul 1991Papworth Everard C.P. School, Ermine Street
Received 2 Nov 1988Wintringham Primary Academy, Nuffield Road, St Neots, PE19 0AW
Received 31 Jul 2019Land At. Hundreds Farm, Langwood Fen, Chatteris, PE16
Received 19 Mar 2002Milton Household Waste Recycling Centre, Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6DQ
Received 24 Sept 2025Adjacent South East Of Margetts Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Oct 1964Huntingdon Infants' School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon
Received 6 Jun 1984Duxford Church Of England Community Primary School, St Johns Street, Duxford, CB22 4RA
Received 28 Oct 2020Sutton C Of E (V C) Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6 2PU
Received 24 Apr 201438, Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE
Received 16 May 2014East Barnwell Community Centre, Newmarket Road
Received 29 May 1985Records 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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