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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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North West Of Little Paxton (Diddington) Sand And Gravel Pit, Great North Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Sept 1992Westwood Junior School, Maple Grove, March, PE158JT
Received 15 Jul 1991Land At St Helens School, Colne Road, Bluntisham
Received 14 Oct 2002Bassingbourn Community Primary School, Brook Road, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NP
Received 28 Apr 2017Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (I), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 10 Jan 1966Novus Environmental, Novus House, Thriplow, Royston, SG8 7RR
Received 3 Sept 2015Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 Dec 1997Ameycespa (East) Ltd, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PG
Received 16 Apr 2014Westwood Junior School, Maple Grove, March, PE158JT
Received 15 Dec 1995New Shire Hall, Emery Crescent, Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4YE
Received 18 Mar 2022Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 8 Jun 1984Malary Environmental Services Ltd. Brookfield Business Park, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8PS
Received 13 May 2013Plantation Quarrry, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 15 Sept 2000Land At, Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE13
Received 25 Feb 2005Old Court House, High Street, Bottisham
Received 28 Oct 1975Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 5 Aug 1983Fourfields C.P. School, Queen Street
Received 22 Jul 1991Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Received 24 May 1982Land At, St Nicholas Church, Church Street, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 28 Jan 2005Cottenham Village College, Cottenham
Received 1 Feb 1977Land At, Huntingdon Infants School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Apr 2003Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 14 Dec 2000Lyons Farm, Lyons Drove, Off Byall Fen Drove, Manea, March, PE15 0JZ
Received 16 Sept 2016Robert Arkenstall Primary School, Camping Close, Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3UA
Received 5 Aug 1982Records 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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