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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Library, School Lane, Little Downham, Ely, CB6
Received 1 Sept 1994Land Off A604 Fenstanton (Part Osp 5078, 4082, 3100 & 0071)
Received 7 Mar 1985Ash Resources, Barford Road, LT Barford, Eynesbury, Hardwick
Received 30 Jan 1989Wisbech Green School, Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Apr 2022Within Land South Of Little Paxton Sand And Gravel Pit (I), St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 5 Jul 1982Bridgefoot Farm, Newmarket Road, Heydon, Royston, SG8
Received 15 Nov 2007Fulbourn Community Centre, Haggis Gap
Received 5 Dec 1988High Street
Received 5 Oct 1989Ashbeach Primary School, Ashbeach Drove, Ramsey St Marys, Huntingdon, PE26
Received 15 Jun 2007Warboys Landfill Site, Puddock Hill, Warboys, PE28 2TX
Received 17 Jan 2018Halls Farm, Thorney Road, Guyhirn
Received 19 Apr 1991Land At, Scrapyard, Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8
Received 25 Jun 1980Ramnoth Junior School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE13 2JB
Received 30 Nov 2017Land At, Ashbeach Primary School, Ashbeach Road, Ramsey St. Marys, Ramsey, PE17
Received 29 Jul 2004Wolvey Holes, Coveney
Received 10 Sept 1975Marston Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE19
Received 19 Feb 1996Land At, Homerton Nursery School And Part 10M X 33M Of Adjoining Community Play Area, Holbrook Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 10 Jun 2003Land At, Robert Arkenstall CP School, Camping Close, Haddenham, Ely, CB6
Received 13 May 2003Land To The North And To The North East Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (1), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 21 Jan 1980Land At Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, PE29 2EJ
Received 13 May 2021Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows Cambridge
Received 8 Sept 2018Land At Eternit UK Limited, Whaddon Road, Meldreth, Royston, SG8
Received 22 Feb 1993Mepal Gravel Pits, Nr Chatteris
Received 23 Sept 1975Land At, Fen Ditton Primary School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5
Received 16 Sept 2004Records 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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