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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Extension To Metal Sorting Building, Snailwell Road, Fordham
Received 25 May 1989Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 31 May 1977The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 9 Nov 1994Land West Of Recreation Ground, High Street
Received 24 Jul 1989Land Off B1040, St. Ives Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 21 May 1992Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PG
Received 6 Feb 2017Kingsfield Children's Centre, Kingsfield School Site, Larham Way, Chatteris, PE16
Received 23 Jul 2007Grove Primary School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
Received 25 May 1988St Augustines C Of E School, Cherry Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 4 Dec 1990Shire Hall Site & Gloucester Street, Castle Hill, Cambridge
Received 30 Nov 1985Westwood Junior School, Maple Grove, March, PE158JT
Received 20 Jun 2000South Of Eldernell Sand And Gravel Pit, Eldernell Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 26 Apr 1966Land Off Wansford Road High Holborn Farm, Wansford Road, Elton, Peterborough, PE8
Received 25 Feb 1983Land At, Buttsgrove Centre, 38 Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE29
Received 26 Sept 2003Wimblington
Received 16 Jun 1956Extension To Steeple Morden C Of E School, Hay Street, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 23 Jan 2000Burnsfield Infs & King Edward Jun School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16
Received 2 Jun 1988Westfield Junior School , Ramsey Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5RG
Received 31 Mar 2023Land At: M2 Environmental Solutions, Malory House, Cambridge
Received 24 Aug 2007City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 2SH
Received 11 May 1998Off Common Lane, Hemingford Abbots
Received 30 Aug 1978Godmanchester Landfill, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 2NB
Received 24 Jun 2009Land West Of Denny Abbey, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 4 Dec 1957Alconbury Weald Education Campus, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire , PE28 4WX
Received 4 Feb 2026Records 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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