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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land At, Grunty Fen Landfill Site, Pools Road, Witchford
Received 10 May 2004Morley Memorial Primary School, 91 Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX
Received 1 May 1979Land At, Melbourn Village College, The Moor, Melbourn, Royston, SG8
Received 24 Apr 2003The Huntingdonshire College, California Road
Received 14 Aug 1989Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB
Received 21 Mar 2005Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 21 Oct 2021Land At Comberton Village College, West Street, Toft
Received 13 Sept 2007New Road Primary School, New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1SZ
Received 10 May 2019Land Adj St Andrew's C Of E JNR SCH, High St, Chesterton
Received 5 Oct 1981Fawcett House , Foster Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 9NL
Received 12 Sept 2025Land At Holme C Of E Junior School, Church Street, Holme
Received 18 Aug 1993Land At High Holborn Lodge Sillica Quarry, Wansford Road, Elton, Peterborough, PE8
Received 11 Jan 1979South Side Of, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1
Received 11 Apr 1951Newton Old Peoples Home, Coronation Street, Cambridge, CB2
Received 16 Feb 1993Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 11 Jul 1978Land At, Cromwell Park Primary School, Parkway, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 28 Jun 2002Land At, Warboys Community Primary School, Humberdale Way, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 15 Jan 2004Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE188AG
Received 26 Nov 1990Land North Of Ashwell And Morden Station, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 30 Nov 1999Westfield Road, Manea
Received 12 Jul 1976Bluntisham County Primary School
Received 11 Jul 1978Land At, Brington Ce Primary School, Church Lane, Brington, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 10 Feb 2004Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 2HS
Received 20 Jun 1989Land Abutting Milton Landfill Site, A10, Milton, Cambridge
Received 3 Mar 1990Records 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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