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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At, Kennett Primary School, Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 10 Nov 2004Energy Innovation Centre, Between Robinson Way & Addenbrooke's Road, Cambridge
Received 17 Jun 2014Littleton House School, Girton
Received 23 Jun 1982Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE132JH
Received 14 Jan 1976Land At, Bourn Primary School, Riddy Lane, Bourn
Received 22 Feb 2007Westfield Junior School, Ramsey Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5RG
Received 21 Jul 2011Vetspeed Ltd, A505 Main Road, Thriplow Heath, Nr Royston, Herts, SG8 7RR
Received 2 Dec 2010St Ives Park And Ride Site, The Meadow, Meadow Lane, St. Ives
Received 2 May 2019Morley Memorial Primary School, 91 Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX
Received 27 May 1976Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
Received 17 Apr 1997Land To The West Of Cambridge Railway Station, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 5 Jul 2010Warners Farm, Somersham
Received 18 Oct 1982Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 5 Aug 1983Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0PX
Received 10 Aug 2010Thorndown Primary School, Hill Rise, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 6SE
Received 13 Aug 2014Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 19 Feb 19796 Wynford Way, North Arbury
Received 10 Dec 1985B.A,.S. Ltd. Waste Transfer Station, Gidding Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 3 Nov 1997Land At, Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505 Main Road, Thriplow
Received 28 Feb 2005St Neots Sewage Treatment Works, Huntingdon Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Mar 2009Land At Thriplow Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 9 Apr 1996Histon & Impington JNR. School, The Green, Histon.
Received 12 Aug 1997Land At, Block Fen, Langwood Fen Drove, Chatteris, PE16
Received 19 Jun 1992Land At, Kennett Hall Farm, Dane Hill, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 30 Mar 2005Records 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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