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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 15 Apr 2005Hardwick Community School, Limes Road, Hardwick
Received 14 Dec 1984Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE175NX
Received 24 Jun 1999Mepal Airfield Clay Pit, Mepal Road, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 14 May 1990Cottenham Primary School, Lambs Lane, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire CB24 8TA
Received 2 Jun 201180 & 82 Ermine Street
Received 12 Jun 1987Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire CB24 4RS
Received 29 Mar 2010Colville County Primary School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 15 Aug 1985Kings Hedges Farm Site, Kings Hedges Road
Received 16 May 1990Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xix), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 13 Oct 1972Land At, Hatton Park Primary School, Hattons Park, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 15 Jun 2005Somersat Farm, Anaerobic Digestion Plant, Cants Drove, Murrow, PE13 4HN
Received 29 Nov 2018Melbourn Chalk Pit, Back Lane, Melbourn, Royston, SG8
Received 4 Feb 1954Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 17 Mar 1998Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 2 Jul 1992Buckden Landfill Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, St Neots, PE19 5UH
Received 5 Jun 2018Land At Thongsley County Junior & Infant School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon
Received 3 Sept 1987Chatteris Library, Furrowfields Road, Chatteris
Received 28 Jan 2008The Country Centre, Howes Close, Huntingdon Road
Received 17 Mar 1986Huntingdon Fire Station, Hartford Road
Received 12 Oct 1988Adult Training Centre, Coldhams Lane
Received 3 Sept 1986Wintringham Primary Academy, Nuffield Road, St Neots, PE19 0AW
Received 22 Dec 2018Land In Parishes Of Brampton & Molesworth, & Catworth
Received 10 May 1985The Shade Primary School, The Shade, Soham, Ely, CB7 5DE
Received 14 Apr 2016Records 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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