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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Highfield School, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 1BD
Received 7 Nov 2016Land At, Padnal Sidings, Ely Road, Prickwillow
Received 9 Aug 2006Highfield School, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 1BD
Received 6 Aug 2020Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 21 Jan 1975Land At Sawtry Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 15 Nov 2000Cowley Road Waste Transfer Station, St. John's Innovation Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ
Received 30 Aug 2018High Street, Grantchester
Received 19 Apr 1982Os 2271, Part Acre Farm, Ramsey
Received 8 Jun 1982362 Wisbech Road, Westry, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0BA
Received 24 Apr 2026St Ives & Fen Stanton
Received 8 Jun 1976Land west of Mepal AD Plant and south Of Grey's Farm, Chatteris, PE16 6XA
Received 1 Jun 2026Land Off, A505, Thriplow
Received 24 Apr 2001Maple Grove Infants School, Maple Grove, March, PE15
Received 9 Apr 1992Five Acres, Moor Road, Great Staughton, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5BJ
Received 26 Mar 2025St Matthews Primary School, 19 Norfolk Street, Cambridge CB1 2DL
Received 28 May 2015Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4 3HN
Received 15 Dec 1992Community School, Limes Road, Hardwick
Received 5 Jul 1982Ramnoth Junior School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE13 2JB
Received 6 Aug 2016Folksworth C Of E School, Apreece Road, Folksworth, Peterborough, PE7 3TY
Received 16 Dec 1980Kings Hedges Primary School, Cameron Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LX
Received 22 Jul 1991Land At Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon
Received 21 Dec 2007Extension To Loading Shed Beebys Brickworks, Broadway, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 11 Aug 1987Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB
Received 11 Apr 2022Willingham Library, Church Street, Willingham
Received 2 Feb 1996Records 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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