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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parsonage Farm, Whittlesford
Received 1 Nov 1979Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 13 Jun 2015Rackham Ce School, Main Street, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2HQ
Received 10 May 1996Land At Plough Farm, Oxholme Drove, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 19 Aug 1992Westfield School, Ramsey Road, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RB
Received 21 Jun 1991Bassingbourn Primary School, 43 Brook Road, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5NP
Received 18 Nov 2019Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (I), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 2 May 2018Sawtry Infants School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5SH
Received 26 Jul 2019Cleanaway Depot, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 10 Apr 1990Sawtry Infant And Junior Schools, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 24 Oct 1989Ely County Infants School, High Barns, Ely, CB7 4RB
Received 22 Jun 1984Land North Of 'Kemendine' Bridge Road, Impington
Received 28 Mar 1978Land North Of A505 And East Of, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 31 Jul 2000Queens School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE132SE
Received 26 Oct 1983Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 25 Apr 2012Cambridge Regional College, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8EG
Received 2 Nov 1981Cottenham C.P. School, Lambs Lane
Received 11 Feb 1987St. Neots Fire Station, Huntingdon Street
Received 3 Jul 1986Wisbech Green School, Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 14 Apr 2022Land At Junction Of Station Road And, Hinton Hedges Road, Haddenham
Received 2 Apr 1991Bourn C Of E Primary School, Riddly Lane, Bourn, Cambridge
Received 11 May 2010County Council Highways Depot, Stukeley Road
Received 21 Jan 1987North Of Trout Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Earith Fen Drove, Earith, St. Ives
Received 5 Jan 1961Mick George (Haulage) Ltd, Second Drove, St. Ives, PE27 4YQ
Received 14 Jun 2018Records 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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