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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Winhills County Infant & Junior School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192DX
Received 19 Oct 1976Land East Of Clayhithe Cottages, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge, CB5
Received 8 Jul 1997Morden Grange Chalk Pit, North East Of Ashwell Station, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 1 Feb 2000Land At, Papworth Sewage Treatment Works, Ermine Street North, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB3
Received 18 Feb 2005Land At, Queen Edith CP School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1
Received 31 Aug 2006Honey Hill Farm, Wimblington Fen, Cambridgeshire
Received 19 Dec 2011Maple Grove Infants School, Maple Grove, March, PE15
Received 3 Sept 1987The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3BS
Received 19 Mar 2012Land At Thongsley County Junior & Infant School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon
Received 5 Mar 1992Adjacent North East Of Trout Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Earith Fen Drove, Earith, St. Ives
Received 20 Feb 1958Colville County Primary School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 3 May 1978Cottenham/Landbeach
Received 24 Feb 1964Land At, Trumpington Park & Ride, Hauxton Road, Cambridge
Received 5 Jan 2007Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE132JH
Received 21 Mar 1996Mepal C.E. School, Brangehill Lane
Received 12 Jun 1995Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 31 Mar 1985B.H Porters & Son, Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2RJ
Received 4 Jan 2012Brunswick Nursery School, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LZ
Received 27 Jan 1981Mick George (Haulage) Ltd, Second Drove, St Ives, PE27 4YQ
Received 2 Mar 2010Wilbraham Chalk Pit, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4HH
Received 12 May 2022Former Transport Depot, Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 21 Oct 1993Plot 14, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 23 Sept 1993Manor School, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RR
Received 29 Jul 1993Former Hereward Comprehensive School, Robingoodfellows Lane, March, PE15
Received 15 Feb 1983Records 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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