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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Veolia Environmental Services Ltd, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DN
Received 2 Jun 2016Glebelands CP School, New Road, Chatteris, PE166EZ
Received 26 Nov 1997Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB
Received 13 Jan 2005St Ives Park And Ride Site, The Meadow, Meadow Lane, St. Ives, PE27 4LG
Received 14 Oct 2017Priory Park Infant School, Almond Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE191DZ
Received 17 Apr 1990Adjacent West Of Isleham Plantation Sand And Gravel Pit, Freckenham Road, Chippenham, Ely, CB7
Received 9 Jul 1953Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiii), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 14 Jun 1973Colville County Primary School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 21 May 1984Ditton Fields Nursery School, Wadloes Road, Cambridge, CB5 8PG
Received 18 Sept 1989Iretons Way, Mepal
Received 20 Jan 1976Arbury Primary School, Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE
Received 19 Apr 2000Shepreth Pit, Angle Lane, Shepreth, Royston, SG8
Received 9 Apr 1996Highway Verge To The South Of Bourn Primary School, Opposite Numbers 46-44 Hall Close And 25-27 Riddy Lane, Bourn
Received 7 Dec 2009Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 13 Jan 1977Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, Chatteris, CB6 2AY
Received 18 Mar 2021Kennett Hall Farm, Turnpike Road, Kennett, Nr Newmarket, CB8 7QX
Received 29 Oct 2016Rees Thomas School, Downhams Lane, Cambridge, CB4 1YB
Received 17 Nov 1998Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (2), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 30 Jun 1965Milton Sand And Gravel Pit (Ix), Cambridge Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 13 Mar 1959Elm C Of E Junior School, Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE140AG
Received 25 May 1977Land To The South Of The Existing A605 (Peterborough Road)
Received 23 Feb 2021Murrow AD Plant , Somersat Farm, Cant's Drove, Wisbech, Murrow, PE13 4HN
Received 4 Nov 2019Kings Hedges Primary School, Cameron Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LX
Received 16 Jun 1995Linton Village College
Received 9 Mar 1977Records 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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