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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.
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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land At, Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4 8UA
Received 12 Nov 2002Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 4 Apr 1996Grafham Water Residential Centre, Chichester Way
Received 7 Jan 1997Buckden Ce School, School Lane, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 Sept 1996Alderman Payne Primary School, 9 Main Road, Parson Drove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4JA
Received 26 May 2018The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 25 Oct 1996Land At Saxon Pit, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, PE7 1PD
Received 27 Nov 2018Winhills County Infant & Junior School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192DX
Received 30 Jan 1989Nene County Infants School, Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE132AP
Received 5 May 1992The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 12 Jan 1988Land At, Giffords Farm, Needingworth Road, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 23 Feb 2006Bourn C Of E [Cont] School, Riddy Lane
Received 16 Aug 1993Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Received 24 Jan 1996Steeple Morden C.Of.E Cont. School, Hay Street
Received 2 Apr 1987John Paxton County Primary School, Sawston
Received 21 Jan 1975Samuel Pepys School, Cromwell Road, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2EZ
Received 5 Dec 2023Harston And Newton Community Primary School, High Street, Harston, CB22 7PX
Received 9 Feb 2022Warboys Landfill, Puddock Hill, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 9 Jun 1999Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 20 Apr 2011Icknield C.P. School, Lynton Way
Received 21 May 1991Great Wilbraham Ce School, Church Street, Great Wilbraham
Received 4 Aug 1998Melbourn Primary School, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DB
Received 14 Sept 2009Land At, Swaffham Prior Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB5
Received 21 Jul 2005Sports Hall, Linton Village College
Received 4 Jun 1991Records 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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