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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land At, 195, Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1RA
Received 13 Aug 2009Land At, Brampton JNR & Infants' Schools, The Green, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 9 Mar 2006Hensby Composts Ltd, Cheffins, The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, PE28 3BS
Received 6 Feb 2014Public Library, Mill Road
Received 9 Apr 1979Priory Junior & Infant School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND
Received 8 Apr 1986Cherry Hinton Infant School, High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9HH
Received 5 Dec 1996Ely St Johns Community Primary School, St Johns Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3BW
Received 30 May 2012Cherry Hinton Infant School, High Street, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9HH
Received 22 Sept 1975Malary House, Brookfields Business Centre, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8PS
Received 18 Oct 2011Longsands Community College
Received 4 Feb 1986Land Between 37 & 43 High Street, Rampton
Received 18 Jul 1985Land At, Used Ballast Recycling Area Whitemoor Yard, Hundred Road, March
Received 9 Dec 2005Winhills County Infant & Junior School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192DX
Received 30 Jan 1976Crosshall Junior & Infants' School, GT North Rd, Eaton Socon
Received 22 Jun 1982Harston & Newton Primary School, High Street, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PX
Received 23 May 2017Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiii), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 9 Apr 1996Barnabas Oley C Of E Primary School, Little Lane, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19 3AE
Received 13 Apr 2017East Of Dimmock's Cote Limestone Quarry, Dimmock's Cote Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7
Received 14 Dec 1990Waste Transfer Station, Hostmoor Avenue, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 0AX
Received 8 Dec 2010Kings Hedges Primary School, Cameron Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LX
Received 20 Jul 1976Land At, Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 22 May 2007Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxiii), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 13 Mar 1995Land Rear Of Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4
Received 6 Aug 2001St Anne's C Of E Primary School, London Road, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, PE29 2WW
Received 14 Mar 2012Records 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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