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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Weatheralls CP School, Pratt Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5BH
Received 11 Sept 1988Land At, Mayer Newman (East Anlgia) Ltd, Off Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8
Received 14 Jul 1990First Willow Row Farm, 38 Ten Mile Bank
Received 19 Dec 1995Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge
Received 13 Sept 1983Langwood Fen Farm, Langwood Fen Drove, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6XF
Received 25 Nov 2025Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Received 5 May 1995Adjacent North Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (1), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 9 Jan 1967Former Primary School, High Street, Grantchester
Received 19 Aug 1982Hinchingbrooke Cottage, Hinchingbrooke Estate, Huntingdon
Received 7 Jun 1982Gamlingay First School, Green End, Gamlingay
Received 15 Jul 1997Linton Heights Junior School, Wheatsheaf Way
Received 14 Sept 1994True
Received 1 Apr 1990Land Adjacent To And To The South Of Cambridge Railway Station, Cambridge, CB1
Received 8 Jul 2010Mepal Reservoirs Complex, The Gault, Sutton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2BE
Received 5 Oct 2022New School Site, Nene Road, Ely
Received 28 Feb 2003Spaldwick County Primary School, Ferriman Road, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 13 Aug 1999Littleport Community Primary School, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 7 Oct 2024Milton Cofe Vc Primary School, Humphries Way, Milton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6DL
Received 7 Mar 2024Householders Waste Disposal Site, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 1 Nov 1990Land Adjacent To, Prickwillow Road, Isleham, Ely, CB7
Received 4 Feb 2000Junction Of A1307 Babraham Road With Haverhill Road And The Access To Gog Farm Shop Heath Farm Shelford CB22 3AD, (within The Parish Of Stapleford).
Received 22 Jun 2022Castle Camps Primary School, Church Lane, Castle Camps, Cambridge, CB21 4TH
Received 2 Jun 2017West Of Well End Farm, Wellend, Friday Bridge, Elm
Received 13 Jan 1992Between 38 And 40 Green Street, March
Received 7 Nov 1977Records 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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