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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wells Farm, Shelford Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 22 Feb 1978Yaxley Junior School, Landsdowne Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JL
Received 3 Jun 1998St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 3 Jan 1992Land At, Longsands College, Longsands Road, St Neots, PE19
Received 20 Aug 2007Kennett Primary School, 98 Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 7QQ
Received 9 Jun 2023Land At, Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 10 Sept 2003Horsey Toll Farm, Toll Road, Peterborough, PE7 2PP
Received 28 Apr 2015Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 12 Mar 2024Land Off Blabys Drove, The Gault, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 20 Dec 2000Land At Dernford Farm, Cambridge Road, Sawston
Received 18 Dec 2013Magistrates Court, Symonds Lane, Linton
Received 6 Aug 1980Former County Highways Depot, Station Street, Chatteris, PE16
Received 28 May 1999Land At, Alconbury Recycling & Transfer Facility, Stangate Business Park, Alconbury Hill, Alconbury Weston, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 17 Jan 2005The Village College, Cottenham
Received 26 Mar 1975Land At, Meadowgate Special School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE13
Received 20 Dec 2005Orton Brickworks, Orton Malborne, Peterborough, PE2
Received 29 Oct 1952Sand And Gravel Pit East Of Kennett Village, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 25 Feb 1948Land At, Bridgefoot Quarry, Flint Cross
Received 18 Jul 2005Land At, Scrapyard, Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8
Received 24 Nov 1980Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 15 Dec 1981Crowhall Farm, Northfield Road, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 22 Jan 1996Blackwell Caravan Site, Kings Hedges Road
Received 1 Aug 1990Land At, Needingworth Bypass, A1123, Needingworth
Received 5 Aug 1993Alderman Jacobs School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire PE7 1XJ
Received 8 Sept 2010Records 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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