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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Littleport Village College, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 20 Feb 1976Land To The South Of The A605 (Peterborough Road) From A Point 480 Metres To The West To 435 Metres To The East Of The Kings Dyke Level Crossing
Received 19 Apr 2021Land At, Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1
Received 4 Aug 2006Land East Of New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Oct 2017Land At, Ramsey STW, Stocking Fen Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 9 Jun 2004Barrington Ce School
Received 18 Oct 1999Rear Of 24, Priest Lane, Willingham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 16 Apr 1998Harston County Primary School, High Street, Harston
Received 14 Jul 1977Land To The West Of Cambourne
Received 17 Dec 2013Former Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, Hundred Road, March, PE15 8QW
Received 16 Jun 2003Land Including The Marven Centre, New Road, Sawston, CB22 3BP
Received 5 Aug 2017Cambridgeshire County Council Civic Hub, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire
Received 24 Mar 2021Land At, Allen`s Skip Hire, Willow Row Drove, Ten Mile Bank, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 31 Jan 2005Land At Raf Molesworth, Cockbrook Lane, Old Weston, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 16 Oct 1998Parkside Fire Station, Cambridge
Received 7 Nov 1983Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Xii), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 27 Mar 1980Ely St Johns Community Primary School, St Johns Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3BW
Received 8 Sept 2000Eastfield Infant & Nursery School, Pig Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5QT
Received 6 Aug 2012Colville CP School, Church Lane, Newton, Wisbech, PE13
Received 18 Jun 1980Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey
Received 4 Aug 1997Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PE
Received 6 Jul 1981Willocks Farm, Bunkers Hill
Received 14 May 1990Land At, Hauxton CP School, Jopling Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB2
Received 2 Apr 2003Land At, Shire Hall, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3
Received 16 Sept 2005Records 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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