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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Old Witchford Airfield Off Witchford Road A142, Witchford
Received 6 Oct 1980Colville County Primary School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 10 Jan 1984Farcet Ce School, St.Mary's Street, Farcet
Received 19 Aug 2000Hatton Park CP School, Hattons Park, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3DL
Received 3 Jun 2014Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 27 Jun 1977Shire Hall Site, Gloucester Street
Received 9 Dec 1985Land To The North/north-west Of Hauxton Road (A10), To The North-west And North Of Junction 11 Of The M11 And To The West Of Cambridge Road (A10) CB22 5HT (within The Parish Of Hauxton And Partly Within The Parish Of South Trumpington).
Received 19 Dec 2024Fourfields Primary School, Queen Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JF
Received 21 Jun 1991Peckover Primary School, Leverington Road, Wisbech, PE131PJ
Received 26 Feb 1991Coton Primary School, Whitwell Way, Coton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7PW
Received 20 Jul 2007Land Between Railway And A1303, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 20 Jan 1987Land At, Brunswick Nursery School, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 4 Dec 2002Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (I), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 May 1995The Bellbird Primary School Upper School Site, Link Road, Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3GB
Received 6 Nov 2019Queen Edith County Primary School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP
Received 25 May 1990The Primary School Site , Key Phase 1 - Waterbeach New Town, Waterbeach Barracks, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PA
Received 13 Dec 2022Land At Mitchell Hill Common, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 15 Nov 1976Buckden Quarry, Brampton Road, Buckden, PE19
Received 14 Mar 2008Westwood Junior School, Maple Grove, March, PE15 8JT
Received 6 Jun 2017Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Received 6 Jan 1992The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 25 Aug 1994County Centre, Whitehouse Lane, Girton
Received 1 Jul 1981Cambridge College Of Further Education, Howard Mallett Site, New Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 12 Jul 1982Green Hedges Special School, Bar Lane, Stapleford
Received 8 Jan 1998Records 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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