Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 31 Oct 1996Thriplow Householders Waste Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 15 Aug 1995Land Adjacent To: Ashley House, Conquest Drove, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7 3DH
Received 8 Nov 2012Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 1 Jun 2007Highfield Special Education Needs School, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 1BD
Received 9 Dec 2014Petersfield Church Of England School, Orwell
Received 20 Feb 1975St. Ivo Recreation Centre, Westwood Road, St. Ives
Received 25 May 1982Melbourn County Primary School, Melbourn
Received 23 Nov 1976Foxton Primary School, Station Road, Foxton
Received 12 Jun 1985Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 9 Feb 1979Sawtry Infant And Junior Schools, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 2 Jun 1995Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 19 Nov 1974Church End
Received 31 Mar 1987Grass Verge South Of Roundabout, Station Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Received 8 Jan 2019Alconbury C Of E School, School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE175EQ
Received 26 Feb 1991Northstowe Education Campus, Land Adjacent To Stirling Road, Northstowe New Town, CB24 1BN
Received 28 Aug 2024Barrington Quarry, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, CB22 7RQ
Received 14 Apr 2026Impington Village College, New Road, Impington
Received 13 Dec 1993Sawtry Infants & Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, PE28 5SH
Received 8 Aug 2016Rectory Farm, Cambridge Road, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 15 Mar 1989Swavesey Primary School, Middle Watch, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, CB4 5RN
Received 10 Aug 2011Furlong Farm, First Furlong Drove, Chatteris, PE16 6TA
Received 29 Nov 2017Waterbeach Childrens Home, Burgess Road, Waterbeach
Received 24 Aug 1984Hartford Student Support Centre, School Lane, Hartford, Huntingdon, PE187XX
Received 4 Oct 1976Records 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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