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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Techneat Engineering Ltd. 2 Henry Crabb Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 18 Nov 2008Willow Hall Farm, Hillrow Causeway, Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3PA
Received 27 Feb 2026Elm Road CP School, Elm Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 30 Oct 1992Land Wast Of Eynesbury C Of E Primary School, Montagu Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 8 Aug 2000Land South Of A14 At, Brington, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 30 Jun 1999Milton Landfill Site (III), Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 3 May 19961 Fitzwilliam Road
Received 1 Sept 1988Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 2 Aug 1994Over Community Primary School, Long Furlong, Over, Cambridge, CB24 5PG
Received 3 May 2017CCC Depot, Reach Road, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 4 Dec 1990County Primary School, The Fold, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
Received 2 Oct 1990Wisbech Adventure Playground, The Spinney, Waterlees Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 3HB
Received 21 Mar 2025Land At Bridge Farm, Holme Fen Drove, Colne, Cambridgeshire PE28 3RE
Received 26 May 2011Yaxley Infants School, Main Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 28 May 1992Eastfield Infant And Nursery School , Pig Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5QT
Received 13 May 2024Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Landbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PH
Received 30 Oct 2023Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 1 Jul 1980South Lake Ski School, Boughton Lodge, Great North Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 1 Mar 2000Thomas Clarkson Community College, Weasenham Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2SE
Received 20 Jan 2010Sawtry Infant And Junior Schools, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 21 Mar 1989Wisbech Green Education Campus, Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 28 Nov 2022Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 27 Oct 1994Waterbeach Community Primary School, High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9JU
Received 20 Nov 2019Littleport Village College, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 3 Sept 1987Records 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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