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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land Off, High Street, Foxton, Cambridge, CB2
Received 18 Jun 1990Land At, Bourn C Of E Primary School, Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB3
Received 8 Nov 2004Westwood Junior School, Maple Grove, March, PE158JT
Received 2 Jun 1988Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham
Received 9 Jan 1998Great Paxton C Of E School, Mount Pleasant, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194YJ
Received 22 Apr 1996Orion Brickworks, Yaxley
Received 18 Mar 1986St. Matthews Primary School, Norfolk Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2LD
Received 4 Sept 2012HWRC, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 23 Mar 2000Furlong Farm, First Furlong Drove, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6TA
Received 19 Nov 2012Land At Factory Bank, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire PE26 2RD
Received 23 Mar 2009Linton Village College, Cambridge Road
Received 21 Jun 1995Black Bank, Little Downham
Received 18 Aug 1981Hatton Park CP School, Hattons Park, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3DL
Received 4 Oct 2017Land To The North East Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (1), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 23 Dec 1988Land Off Station Road, Tilbrook, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 13 Dec 2007Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 29 May 1986Cambridge Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach
Received 30 Mar 2015Land Off Green End, New Farm, Landbeach
Received 13 May 2015New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1PD
Received 17 Mar 199434 Tavistock Road, Wisbech
Received 10 Jul 1978Manor School, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RR
Received 30 Jun 1997Norman Cross Brickworks LBC, London Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 25 Mar 1953Brunswick Nursery School, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LZ
Received 4 Dec 1998Castle Sen School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Received 17 Dec 2014Records 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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