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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Wisbech Library, Ely Place, Wisbech, PE13 1EU
Received 15 Dec 2021Land To The West Of Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Sept 2011Land At Lafarge Aggregates Ltd, Cambridge Rail Head, Chesterton Junction, Off Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 24 May 2005Thriplow Heath, A505, Hinxton, Cambridge
Received 29 Jan 1954Land Adj. 41 Russell Street
Received 17 Jan 1989Dry Drayton C Of E [Cont] School, Park Street
Received 2 Jan 1991Queens School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE132SE
Received 6 Oct 1983St. Helens C.P. School, Colne Road
Received 25 May 1988East Side B1040 [Aerodrome Site]
Received 17 Oct 1988Hinchingbrooke Lower School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon
Received 1 Jun 1976Rectory Farm, Whittlesford Road, Little Shelford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 5 Apr 1978Linton Village College, Linton
Received 13 Jun 1975Impington Village College, New Road
Received 27 Jan 1994Land At, Huntingdon Nursery School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 4 Apr 2005Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon, PE187TY
Received 26 Sept 1975Stilton C Of E Vc Primary School, Church Street, Stilton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3RF
Received 21 Dec 2022Orwell Primary School, Orwell
Received 20 Dec 1982CCC Depot, Reach Road, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 10 Aug 1994Cherry Hinton Communicyt Junior School, Fulbourn Old Drift
Received 20 Jun 19854 Regent Avenue, March
Received 10 Mar 1976Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Sept 1990Land North Of Sandfield Bungalow, Mill Road, Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire
Received 19 Dec 2019A1198 Papworth Everard Bypass, Cambridgeshire, To The West Of Papworth Everard Village, From The B1040 Kisby`s Hut Junction To Crow`s Nest Farm
Received 17 Feb 2003Gravel Pits, Kennett (Part Of Plots 10,12,14,26,29,30,31,34), 4 Miles Ne Of Newmarket On A11
Received 25 Oct 1968Records 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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