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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land At, The Rackham C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Witchford, Ely, CB6
Received 6 May 2004Land At: Elm Road Primary School, Elm Road, Wisbech PE13
Received 5 Jun 2007Millfield Primary School, Grange Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1HW
Received 14 Mar 2019Grove Primary School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
Received 30 Jul 1984Fenstanton Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 24 Jan 1953Kennett Hall Farm Quarry, Turnpike Road, Kennett, CB8 7QX
Received 22 Dec 2021Land At Langwood Farm West, Langwood Hill Drove, Chatteris, PE16
Received 21 Oct 1998Mental Health Day Care Centre, Somers Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 23 Jan 1998Land At, The Meadow Primary School, High Street, Balsham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 29 Jul 2004Grafham Water Residential Centre, West Perry
Received 9 Jun 1987Sawston Village College, New Road
Received 29 Sept 1988Deneia (The Primary School Site, Key Phase 1), Waterbeach New Town, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PA
Received 19 Jan 2026Land Adjoining 2 Speed Lane, Soham
Received 29 Apr 1977Yaxley Junior School, Landsdowne Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JL
Received 4 May 1989Houghton Primary School, Chapel Lane, Houghton, Huntingdon, PE28 2AY
Received 23 Jun 2009West Fen Farm, Whittlesey Road, March, PE15 0AF
Received 2 Feb 2019Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 2HS
Received 7 Sept 1994Great Staughton C P School, Causeway, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194BA
Received 15 Jul 1996Lyons Farm Reservoirs, Wimblington Road, Manea, Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Apr 2023Thriplow Household Waste Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 24 Feb 2009Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxviii), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 17 Sept 1987Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 17 Mar 1975New Road CP School, New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1SZ
Received 21 Sept 1978Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
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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