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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
From A1 Across Land In Elton, Haddon & Chesterton
Received 30 Sept 1987Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Apr 2025The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 25 Jul 1975Land At, Coates Primary School, The Fold, Coates, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 11 Feb 2004Land At, Milton Park & Ride, Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 12 Oct 2006Bassingbourn Village College, South End, Bassingbourn, Royston SG8 5NJ
Received 16 Sept 2009Kennett Primary School, 98 Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 7QQ
Received 3 May 2024Wilburton Primary School, Carpond Lane, Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RJ
Received 15 Apr 1991Cambridgeshire Police H.Q. Hinchingbrooke Park
Received 12 Aug 1986Recyplas, Unit 1, Eastwood End Industrial Estate, Eastwood End, Wimblington, PE15 0QN
Received 16 Jun 2016North East Of Wyton Sand And Gravel Pit, Huntingdon Road, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 18 Dec 1959Grass Verge South Of Roundabout, Station Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Dec 2018Kingsfield Primary School , Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6ET
Received 29 Nov 2022Land At, Meadowgate Special School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE13
Received 21 Feb 2002Maple Grove Infant School & Community Group, Maple Grove, March, PE15 8JT
Received 21 May 2015Land At March Landfill.. Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 3 May 2001St. Andrews C Of E Junior School, Sand Street, Soham, CB7 5AA
Received 21 May 2007Burwell Lode Bridge Site , South Of The Junction Of Harrisons Drove And Priory Drove, Burwell , CB25 0BW
Received 11 Dec 2025Land At, Fen Ditton Primary School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8SZ
Received 5 Aug 2005Disused Sand Pit, Mildenhall Road, Fordham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7
Received 6 Jan 1981North Fen, Sutton Gault, Sutton
Received 4 Jan 2010Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE18
Received 19 Jun 2001Melbourn Village College, The Moor
Received 2 Apr 1987Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 5 Sept 2017Records 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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