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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Centre Basin, Kennett Hall Farm, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8
Received 5 Mar 1999Leverington County Primary School, Church End, Leverington, Wisbech, PE135DD
Received 3 Dec 1981Isleham Plantation Sand And Gravel Pit, Freckenham Road, Chippenham, Ely, CB7
Received 31 Jul 1953Land To The North West Bearscroft Farm, Bearscroft Lane, Godmanchester
Received 19 Feb 2016Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 11 Jan 1985Arbury Primary School, Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE
Received 20 Jul 1998Caxton Highways Depot, Ermine Street, Caxton
Received 2 Jul 1998Land To The South Of Ely Between Angel Drove & Stuntney Causeway
Received 5 Jul 2016Kennett Sand And Gravel Pit, The Carrops, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 8 Jan 1988Land At Manea Community Primary School, Station Road, Manea, March, PE15
Received 2 Nov 2000Cambridge Regional College, York Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 24 Jan 1990Sports & Leisure Centre, Camel Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1EW
Received 27 Oct 2015Offord CP School, Off, High Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 5 Mar 1985Land At, Littleport Leisure Centre, Camel Road, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1PU
Received 22 Aug 2012Land At, The Old Airfield, Litlington Road, Royston, SG8
Received 10 Feb 2003Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE175TQ
Received 2 Jul 1975Land At Thongsley County Junior & Infant School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon
Received 28 Feb 1990Pratt Street
Received 5 Feb 1991Milton Primary School, Butt Lane
Received 14 May 1986Adjacent West Of Orton Pit, Orton Malborne, Peterborough, PE2
Received 30 Jun 1961Land At, Woodhatch Farm, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 3 Jun 2005Land At, Reach Sewage Treatment Works, The Hythe, Reach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 12 Jul 2004Land At, Hensby Composts Ltd, The Heath, Woodhurst, Warboys, PE28
Received 17 Oct 2005St Peters Secondary School, Huntingdon
Received 21 Jun 1976Records 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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