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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 4 May 1983Burnsfield Infs & King Edward Jun School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16
Received 22 Jul 1998The Round House Community Primary School, School Drive, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 6AW
Received 29 Feb 2012Clay Farm Primary School, Land To The East Of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway And To The West Of Hobson Brook, Cambridge
Received 2 Feb 2017Buckden Branch Library, Manor Gardens, Buckden
Received 24 Dec 1997Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xvi), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 9 Jul 1985Babraham Research Campus, Babraham Hall, Babraham, Cambridge, CB22 3AT
Received 24 Feb 2016Unit 3, Elean Business Park, Sutton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2QE
Received 7 May 2020Huntingdon Nursery School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon
Received 28 Sept 1998Newnham Croft Primary School, Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF
Received 3 Jul 1980Land At Huntingdon Regional College, California Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 15 Jun 2001Land North Of A505 And East Of, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 20 Aug 1997Bridge End Cottage, Cambridge Road, Stapleford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 5DY
Received 31 May 2019Land Off, Station Road, Tilbrook
Received 3 Sept 2007Warboys CP School, Humberdale Way, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 1 Jul 1980Mick Denton Metal Recycling Skip Hire Ltd, Osborne Road, Wisbech, PE13 3JP
Received 20 Sept 2019Barrington Quarry, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 22 Nov 2023St Ives Branch Library
Received 28 Dec 1978Float Fish Farm, King's Delph, Gate Farm, Farcet Fen, PE7
Received 12 Dec 2009Not Known
Received 31 Dec 1990Land to the west of Glatton Road, Sawtry
Received 15 Oct 2025Parkside Community College, Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1EH
Received 22 Jun 1994Westfield Farm, Comberton Road
Received 21 Jun 1990Madingley Road Park And Ride, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3
Received 9 Jun 2000Records 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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