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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Little Ouse CP School, White House Road, Little Ouse, Ely, CB7
Received 6 Jul 1988Huntingdonshire Regional College, St. Neots Wing, Almond Road, St. Neots, PE19 1EA
Received 2 Sept 2015Duxford Church Of England Community Primary School, St Johns Street, Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4RA
Received 17 Dec 2025Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 26 Sept 1990Buckden Landfill Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, St. Neots, PE19 5UH
Received 11 Sept 2014Land At Gazeley Gardens, Walden Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 4 Jun 2001Household Waste And Recycling Centre, Hundred Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 8QN
Received 23 Mar 2026Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE175TQ
Received 14 Feb 1979Levitts Field, Cambridge Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Landbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PH
Received 19 Dec 2017Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 5 Dec 1977The Shade Primary School, The Shade, Soham, Ely, CB7 5DE
Received 15 Aug 2012Site Of County Buildings BTWN Grammar SCH Walk & Ambury Rd
Received 14 Jun 1977Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 14 May 1990Adjacent North East Of Dimmock's Cote Limestone Quarry, Dimmock's Cote Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7
Received 9 May 1964Whitemoor Depot, Hundred Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 8QJ
Received 13 Mar 2014Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xviii), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 16 Dec 1980Linton Village College
Received 3 Mar 1977Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 12 Sept 1979Chesterton Rail Freight Sidings, Chesterton Junction, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DL
Received 2 Oct 2015Burwell Library And School, The Causeway, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 23 Feb 1976Crosshall Junior & Infants' School, GT North Rd, Eaton Socon
Received 8 Nov 1984Waterbeach Technology Centre, Cambridge Road
Received 16 Apr 1992Land At Hinxton Sand And Gravel Pit, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, CB10
Received 2 Jul 1999Papworth Everard Old School, Ermine Street
Received 21 Feb 1997Records 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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