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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.
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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Coton C.E. School, Whitwell Way, Coton
Received 4 Sept 1997Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 22 Feb 1974Land Adjacent To The Hawthorns, Haviland Way, Cambridge
Received 17 Jun 1997Kings Dyke Pit, Peterborough Rd. Whittlesey
Received 11 Dec 1989East Of Eldernell Sand And Gravel Pit, Eldernell Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 23 Feb 1979Hemingford Grey Primary School, St Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE28 9DU
Received 25 Jun 2013Land At, Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 10 Nov 2005Wyton Sand And Gravel Pit, Huntingdon Road, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 Nov 1947Sports & Leisure Centre, Camel Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1EW
Received 20 Jun 2017Hemingford Grey CP School, St. Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 Jun 1976Orchard Park Community Primary School, Ring Fort Road, Cambridge CB4 2GR
Received 22 Mar 2012Community Centre, Black Horse Drove
Received 22 Jan 1988Thriplow Farm, Lodge Road, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 27 Jul 1998Land Off, East Delph, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 3 Sept 2002Copalder Farm, Doddington
Received 7 Jul 1978Staff Facilities And Store At Whittlesey Brickworks, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 4 Feb 1966Land At, Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 20 Apr 2005Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 2 Apr 1976Bluntisham County Primary School, Colne Road, Bluntisham
Received 14 Aug 1980Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DL
Received 18 Jul 2018Adjacent East Of Mepal Airfield Clay Pit, Mepal Road, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 2 Jul 1991Land At, Monkfield Primary School, School Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, CB
Received 18 Apr 2006Home Meadow, Comberton Road
Received 7 Sept 1994Hinchingbrooke Police H.Q. Hinchingbrooke Park
Received 20 Feb 1992Records 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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