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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Abberley House, Granhams Road, Great Shelford
Received 21 Feb 1980East Of Woolpack Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Cambridge Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 4 Sept 1995Eynesbury C Of E Primary School, Montagu Street, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 2TD
Received 14 Dec 2010Hemingford Grey CP School, St. Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 24 Jan 1997Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 17 May 1977Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 3 May 1977Sedley Infant School, Malta Road, Cambridge, CB1 3PZ
Received 14 Mar 1996Willingham Primary School, Thodays Close, Willingham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5LE
Received 24 Oct 2025Malary House, Brookfield Business Centre, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8PS
Received 31 Jul 2012St. Matthews Primary School, Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LD
Received 15 Jul 1997Land Off High Street, Great Shelford
Received 29 Dec 1983Connington Borrow Pit Off, A14
Received 1 Jun 1981Childrens Home, Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE133TD
Received 24 Nov 1992Land At Animal Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 24 Aug 1990Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Viii), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 23 Jun 1964Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 25 Jul 1977Colliers Lane/Quy Road, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9DJ
Received 19 Jan 2017Mere Engine Farm, The Cotes, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5ER
Received 5 Feb 2025Land North Of 13-19, Glebe Lane, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 3 Sept 1997Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
Received 21 Jun 1993Cambridge College Of Further Education, Howard Mallett Site, New Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 29 Dec 1980Queens School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE132SE
Received 31 Jul 1975Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Apr 2025Land Adjacent To Woodhatch Farm & Little Meadow, Thrapston Road, Ellington, Huntingdon, PE28 0AE
Received 22 Nov 2016Records 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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