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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At, Hensby Composts, The Heath, Woodhurst, Warboys, PE17
Received 10 Feb 2004Chatteris By-Pass Incorporating, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 15 Dec 1983Hinchingbrooke Cottage, Brampton Road
Received 27 Feb 1989Lodge Farm, Knights End Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0YN
Received 22 Jan 2013Adjacent North Of Little Paxton Sand And Gravel Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 17 Jun 1955Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 7 Feb 1997Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 25 Nov 1982Lodge Farm, Floods Ferry, March, PE15 0YN
Received 27 Jun 2015Swavesey Primary School, Middle Watch, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RN
Received 15 Apr 2013Strikes Bowl, The Dock, Ely, CB7 4GS
Received 7 Mar 2015Land At, Coalwharf Road, Wisbech, PE13 2RA
Received 29 Jun 2012Land At Farcet C E Primary School, St Marys Street, Farcet
Received 5 Aug 2002CCC Highways Depot, Off Witchford Road, Ely
Received 10 Apr 1980Wisbech Adventure Playground, The Spinney, Waterlees Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 3HB
Received 13 Oct 2025Land At Woolpack Farm, Cambridge Road, Hemingford Grey
Received 27 Feb 2009Larkfield Resource Centre, High Barns, Ely
Received 12 Dec 2007Land To The South Of The A605 (Peterborough Road) From A Point 480 Metres West To 435 Metres East Of The King's Dyke Level Crossing
Received 4 Feb 2019Spinney Primary School, Hayster Drive, Cambridge, CB1 9PB
Received 2 Feb 1988Land Of Lisle Lane, Ely
Received 3 May 1985Bridge Farm, Holme Fen Drove, Colne, Huntingdon, PE28 3RE
Received 29 Mar 2017Land West Of, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 24 Mar 2000MBM Produce, Fenton Way, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16
Received 8 Jan 1999Hasler (HTC) Ltd The Mill, Ashwell Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 5 Dec 1997Land At, Grafham Water Centre, Ridgeway, West Perry, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 22 Jan 2003Records 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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