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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Area To Back Of 6, Hardwick Road, Toft, Cambridge, CB3
Received 21 May 1991Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 21 Jul 2017Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (XV), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 16 May 1973Waste Storage Building, Cambridge Research Centre, The Close, Babraham, Cambridge, CB2
Received 1 Apr 1992Middlefield CP School, Andrew Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 21 Jun 1991Sawtry Infant And Junior Schools, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 13 Mar 1979Land At Sixteen Acre Plantation, Duchess Drive, Newmarket, CB8
Received 26 Jun 2000Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 29 Jun 2016Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows Cambridge
Received 15 Nov 2017Land At, Spring Meadow Infant School, High Barns, Ely, CB7
Received 17 May 2006Land At, Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 21 Jun 2005Dullingham County Highway Depot, Brinkley Road, Dullingham, Newmarket, CB8
Received 10 Jan 1995Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (XV), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 23 Jun 1982Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 15 Jun 1984Abberley House, Granhams Road
Received 26 Apr 1990Robert Arkenstall Primary School, Camping Close, Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3UA
Received 7 Feb 1986The Newton C.P. School, Caxton End
Received 29 Jul 1993Westry Ad Plant, Wisbech Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0BA
Received 8 May 2015Longstanton CP School, Hatton Park
Received 21 Nov 1985Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 23 Aug 1994King's Hedges Primary School, Cameron Road, Cambridge
Received 16 Jun 1981Lime Farm, High Street, Landbeach
Received 29 Aug 1985City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6
Received 28 Sept 2003Pond At Goose Hall Farm, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 24 Aug 1992Records 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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