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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Comberton Village College
Received 17 May 1977Ely
Received 19 Dec 1983Willow Hall Farm, Hillrow Causeway, Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3PA
Received 29 Jun 2022Adjacent North Of, Knobbs Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Fen Lane, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 23 Nov 2001Great Abington C.P. School, High Street
Received 30 Aug 1996Portable Asphalt Plant At North Road Gravel Works, Manea Road, Wimblington, March, PE15
Received 30 Mar 1955Alconbury Airfield, Ermine Street, Little Stukeley, PE28 4WX
Received 29 Apr 2016Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1PJ
Received 1 May 2024Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB5 0LG
Received 30 Jun 1998Highfield Littleport Academy , Elmside, Littleport, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1LJ
Received 25 Apr 2025Larkhall Farm, Fordham
Received 12 May 1977Land At, Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 25 May 2006Huntingdon Technical College, California Road
Received 6 Aug 1987Comberton Village College
Received 5 May 1977Hall Green Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Hall Green Farm, Low Road, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 1 Sept 1988Castle School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2EE
Received 13 Jun 2019Sedley Infant School, Malta Road, Cambridge, CB1 3PZ
Received 18 Sept 1989Weybridge Farm Sand And Gravel Pit (II), Great North Road, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 18 Feb 1998Field Study Centre
Received 21 Jan 1988Adjacent North Of Bassenhally Sand And Gravel Pit, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 19 Jun 1951Barnabas Oley C Of E Primary School, Little Lane, Great Gransden, Sandy, Cambridgeshire, SG19 3AE
Received 5 Dec 2025Colville County Primary School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 9 May 1988Land At, Downham Feoffees School, Main Street, Little Downham, Ely, CB6
Received 6 Aug 2002Winhills County Infant & Junior School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192DX
Received 4 Mar 1975Records 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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