Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE28 5NX
Received 10 Jun 2017Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 9 Aug 1991Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxvi), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 31 Jul 1986Land At, Branch Bridge, Queen Adelaide, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7
Received 23 Apr 1992Land At Reach Lode, Swaffham Prior Fen, Reach, Swaffham Prior Fen, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB5
Received 5 Sept 1989Land In The Stukeleys, Huntingdon, Houghton & Wyton
Received 4 May 1984Land At Woolpack Farm, A14, Hemmingford Grey
Received 19 May 2000Linton Village College, Cambridge Road
Received 4 Aug 1992Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 30 Mar 1995Greengates, Fen Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 12 Jun 1995Library Sawston Village College, New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3BP
Received 5 Aug 2017Dullingham Primary School, Stetchworth Road, Dullingham, Newmarket, CB8
Received 8 Sept 1987Chesterton Rail Freight Sidings, Chesterton Junction, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DL
Received 17 May 2016William Westley C Of E Primary School, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire CB22 4NE
Received 24 Mar 2010Land At, Glebelands Primary School, New Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 18 Jul 2002Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE175NX
Received 5 Jan 1996Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4 3HN
Received 8 Feb 1978Over Primary School, Long Furlong, Over, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5PG
Received 29 Mar 2012Hill Farm, South Street, Litlington
Received 6 Nov 1980Worsted Lodge, Fulbourn
Received 29 Apr 1975Land At Block Fen, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Received 15 Jun 2012Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 23 Sept 1986Downham Feoffees School, Main Street, Little Downham, Ely, CB6 2ST
Received 23 Feb 1976Land At, Deal Grove, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 15 Nov 1985Records 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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