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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Land At, Willow Row Drove, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 3 Aug 2000Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (II), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 18 Aug 1951Hunts District Council Yard, Glebe Lane, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 3 Jul 1990Harston & Newton C.P. School, High Street
Received 23 May 1990Wintringham Primary Academy, Nuffield Road, St Neots, PE19 0AW
Received 13 Feb 2020Kennett CP School, Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 7 Jun 1994Swavesey Village College
Received 10 Aug 1979Decoy Farm, Drybread Road, Eastrea, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire PE7
Received 24 Jan 2011Probation Office, Grammar School Walk
Received 27 Sept 1996Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 3 Sept 1986Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5NX
Received 10 Mar 2022Land At, Kingsfield Primary School, Burnsfield Street, Chatteris, PE16
Received 20 Dec 2004Old Quarry, Swaffham Heath Road, Swaffham Bulbeck, Burwell, Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Apr 1977Land South Of Thriplow Heath, A505, Hinxton, Cambridge
Received 21 Dec 1977Cambridge Regional College, Howard Mallett Site, New Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 6 Feb 1990Somersham Sewage Treatment Works, Colne Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28
Received 11 Jun 2012North Angle Farm, Angle Common, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HX
Received 20 Oct 2021Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way, Huntingdon, PE186UH
Received 13 Aug 1999Strikes Bowl, The Dock, Ely, CB7 4GS
Received 7 Aug 2018Barnabas Oley C Of E Primary School, Little Lane, Great Gransden, Sandy, Cambridgeshire SG19 3AE
Received 6 Jun 2012Land At, Slate Hall Farm, Huntingdon Road, Lolworth, Cambridge, CB3
Received 26 Oct 2005Ccat, East Road, Cambridge
Received 6 Apr 1983Buckden Refuse Tip, Brampton Road, Buckden
Received 28 Feb 1977Westfield Junior School , Ramsey Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5RG
Received 31 Mar 2023Records 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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