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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St. Andrews C Of E Junior School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5AA
Received 19 Feb 1993West Of And Adjacent South To Kennett Sand And Gravel Pit, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 17 Jan 1967202 High Street
Received 24 Apr 1992Harston & Newton Primary School, High Street, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PX
Received 16 May 2018Yaxley Infants School, Main Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 27 Jul 1998Fen Ditton CP School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8SZ
Received 21 Apr 2011Spaldwick Primary School, Royston Avenue, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0TH
Received 21 Apr 2011Old Farm Buildings, Histon
Received 21 Jul 1977Land At Warboys Landfill Site, Puddock Hill, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 1 Apr 1997Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 25 Sept 2024Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 6 Sept 1990Queen Edith Primary School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP
Received 10 Aug 2012Childrens Home, Victoria Road, Wisbech, PE132PY
Received 22 Jan 1992Brick Pits, Old Fletton, Peterborough
Received 9 Oct 1962The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 9 May 1988Kingswood Park Old Peoples Home, Kingswood Road, March, PE15
Received 13 Jan 1992Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 3 May 1989Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (III), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Dec 1955Thriplow Sewage Works, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 25 Apr 1995St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 26 Feb 1988Westwood Junior School, Maple Grove, March, PE158JT
Received 8 Sept 1992Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxviii), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 7 Jul 1988Fourfields Primary School, Queen Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JF
Received 14 May 2001Land At Holme Ce School, Church Street, Holme
Received 4 Jan 2000Records 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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