Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Former Layby, Off B1101, East Of Coldham, Elm
Received 18 Jun 1980Green Hadges Special School, Bar Lane, Stapleford
Received 30 Jan 1997Land Forming Pit At Braebank Farm, Off, Cambridge Road, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 20 Sept 1979Land At, The Beef Unit, Rutland Stud, School Lane, Saxon Street, Newmarket, CB8
Received 21 Jun 2004Chippenham Sand And Gravel Pit, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 25 Feb 1948Land At, Monkfield Park Primary School, School Lane, GT Cambourne, Cambridge, CB3
Received 2 Feb 2007Land At, Icknield Primary School, Lynton Way, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 24 Nov 2003Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PE
Received 22 Jul 1991Fen Ditton CP School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8SZ
Received 15 Jun 2016Land Junction Of Willingham Road/Mill Road
Received 11 Jul 1988Adjacent West Of Barrington Chalk Pit, Chapel Hill, Barrington, Cambridge, CB3
Received 30 Mar 1957Bassingbourn County Primary School, Brook Road
Received 13 Aug 1974Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (V), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 9 Jun 1953Land At, Ernulf Community College, Barford Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 21 Oct 2003Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 4NN
Received 29 Sept 2009Grantchester Primary School
Received 26 Jul 1983Foxton C.P. School, Station Road
Received 19 Aug 1993Land At, Bourn Ce (C) Primary School, Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB3
Received 22 Sept 200445 St Ovins Green, Ely
Received 18 Feb 1983Meadow Primary School, High Street, Balsham, Cambridge, CB1 6DJ
Received 13 Sept 2000Cambridgeshire Farm College
Received 4 Mar 1986Gravel Diggers Farm, Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PG
Received 11 Jan 2017Land At, Woodhatch Farm, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 10 Jul 2003Cambridge Learning Base, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2DB
Received 30 Apr 2012Records 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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