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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Adjacent North East Of Margetts Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 12 Jul 1983Grove Primary School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
Received 21 Mar 1983Kings Dyke Sand And Gravel Pit, Funthams Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 22 Feb 1972Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2JA
Received 4 Mar 2022Longsands School, St. Neots
Received 11 Nov 1975Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way, Huntingdon, PE186UH
Received 18 Feb 1994Adjacent South West Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (2), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 11 Jun 2001Saxon Pit, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1LQ
Received 25 Feb 2021Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 12 Aug 1980Harston & Newton C.P. School, High Street
Received 11 Aug 1993Duxford Church Of England Community Primary School, St Johns Street, Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4RA
Received 13 Jul 2023Land At, Winhills School, Off Duck Lane, St. Neots, Cambs. PE19
Received 8 Feb 2006Colville CP School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 21 May 2014Kennett Hall Farm Quarry, Turnpike Road, Kennett, CB8 7QX
Received 23 Dec 2015Isleham C Of E School, Malting Lane, Isleham, Ely, CB7 5RZ
Received 16 May 1996Land South Of Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 3 Jul 2000Barnabas Oley C Of E Primary School, Little Lane, Great Gransden, Sandy, Cambridgeshire, SG19 3AE
Received 9 Apr 2020Brewhouse Lane
Received 5 Feb 1991Part Of Field 2600, Adjacent Black Bridge Off A142 Between Chatteris And Mepal, Iretons Way, Mepal, Ely
Received 7 Apr 1989Saxon Pit, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1PD
Received 20 Aug 2021Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit, Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire
Received 31 Jul 2019School Playing Field, Main Street
Received 15 Jan 1992Waterbeach Community Primary School, High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9JU
Received 28 Jan 2021Kennett Sand And Gravel Pit, The Carrops, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 22 Sept 1992Records 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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