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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Milton C Of E School, Butt Lane
Received 25 Mar 1988Wall At Hinchingbrooke House, Brampton Rd, Huntingdon
Received 14 Jul 1993Queens Court Old Peoples Home, Downing Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 13 Oct 1992Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Jun 2025Float Fish Farm, Milk And Water Drove, Farcet, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3DZ
Received 1 Aug 2025Holly House Farmhouse, Byall Fen Drove, Chatteris, PE16 6XQ
Received 15 Dec 2017Histon And Impington Junior School, The Green, Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9JA
Received 30 Mar 2019Cavalry Primary School, Cavalry Drive, March, PE15
Received 16 Oct 2008Elm Road Primary School, Elm Road, Wisbech, PE13 2TB
Received 25 Jul 2014Closed Landfill Site Adjacent A604, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 26 Jan 1994Public Footbridge, Holt Fen, Little Thetford, Ely, CB6
Received 22 Jan 1998Rees Thomas School, Downhams Lane, Cambridge, CB4 1YB
Received 19 Aug 1997Teversham Primary School , Church Road, Teversham, Cambridgeshire, CB1 9AZ
Received 23 Dec 2022Woodwalton Sewage Treatment Works, Belville, Woodwalton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5YW
Received 14 Aug 200931, 33 & 35 Market Street, Whittlesey
Received 9 Apr 1984Swavesey Primary School, Middle Watch, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RN
Received 20 Aug 2014Grafham Water Residential Centre
Received 29 Jul 1988Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
Received 4 Nov 2019Land At Clarkson Infant School, Trafford Road, Wisbech
Received 5 Jan 2009Land North Of Sandfield Bungalow, Mill Road, Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire
Received 13 May 2014Gravel Diggers Farm, Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PG
Received 9 Jan 2013Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Received 24 Jul 1985Land At, St Peter's School, St Peters Road, Huntingdon
Received 16 Mar 2007Bassingbourn C.P. School, Brook Road
Received 5 May 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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