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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Histon County Junior School, The Green, Histon
Received 2 Aug 1984Land Adjoining, Tylers Yard And, Brookhampton Street, Ickleton, Saffron Walden, CB10
Received 9 Feb 2004Wintringham Primary Academy , Nuffield Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 0AW
Received 12 Apr 2022Ely St. Johns CP School, St. Johns Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3BW
Received 29 Apr 1991Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge
Received 8 Feb 1978Industrial Site, Clay Lane, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon
Received 27 Apr 1994East Of Great Wilbraham Chalk Pit, London Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 12 Oct 1972Strikes Bowl, The Dock, Ely, CB7 4GS
Received 22 Dec 2017Land South Of Harston Mill, Mill Road, Harston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 14 Feb 2000Land South Of Worsted Lodge, Off The A11, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, CB22
Received 16 Oct 2008Orchard Park Community Primary School, Ring Fort Road, Cambridge, CB4 2GR
Received 18 May 2010Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 8 Sept 1992North East Of Barleycroft Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 6 Aug 1982Histon And Impington Park Primary School, (formerly Known As Land At Buxhall Farm), Glebe Way, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9XP
Received 12 Apr 2024Caldecote Fen Peat Bog, Holmewood Estate, Caldecote, Peterborough, PE7
Received 4 Jun 1986Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 28 Jun 1982Winhills County Infant & Junior School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192DX
Received 19 Apr 1994Land At Great Gidding Church Of England Primary School, Main Street (Bullock Road Junction), Great Gidding
Received 20 Feb 2009Tunnel Under A15 For Conveyor (II), North Of Land North Of Broadway (4), Broadway, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 22 Jan 1986Buckden Ce School, School Lane, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 21 Feb 1995Huntingdon County Junior & Infant School Including Nursery, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE187AD
Received 21 Jan 1986Buckden Sand And Gravel Pit (Vii), Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 7 Oct 1974Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 5 Jul 1982Huntingdon Primary School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE29 1AD
Received 12 Jan 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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