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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sothern Boundary Of Wattersey Nature Reserve, Station Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 12 Jul 1995Fulbourn Primary School, School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5BH
Received 13 Feb 2019St Peter's School, St Peter's Road, Huntingdon
Received 22 Oct 1975Landfill Gas Extraction Site, , Buckden South Landfill, , Station Farm, , Brampton Road, , Buckden , PE19 5UH
Received 14 Dec 2023Hardwick Community School, Limes Road
Received 2 Dec 1986Warboys Landfill Site, Puddock Hill, Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Nov 2019Land Djoining Arbury Road, Huntingdon
Received 15 Nov 1978St Ives Park And Ride Site, The Meadow, Meadow Lane, St. Ives, PE27 4LG
Received 21 Sept 2021Land Off Green End, New Farm, Landbeach
Received 13 May 2015Fourfields Primary School, Queen Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JF
Received 27 Jul 1998Crosshall Junior School, Great North Road, Eaton Ford, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 10 Dec 2008Land At, Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE15
Received 9 Aug 2005Fitzwilliam House, Rooks Street
Received 21 Dec 1995Longstanton C.P. School, Hatton Park
Received 3 Nov 1989Burrough Green Endowed C Of E Primary School, Bradley Road, Burrough Green, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9NH
Received 22 May 1998Mepal And Witcham School, Brangehill Lane, Mepal, Ely, CB6 2AL
Received 23 Jan 1995Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PG
Received 25 May 2018Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xviii), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 18 Mar 1981Alconbury Waste Transfer Facility, , Stangate Business Park, , Old North Road, , Alconbury Weston, , Huntingdon, , Cambridgeshire, , PE28 4JH
Received 1 Sept 2023London Brick Company Ltd, Kings Delph, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 3 Mar 1966Land At, Grunty Fen Landfill Site, Pools Road, Nr Witchford
Received 7 Jan 2005Land At, March Landfill, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 18 Nov 2003Norman Cement Works, Cherry Hinton Landfill, Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1
Received 30 Jul 1987Sports & Leisure Centre, Camel Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1EW
Received 25 Apr 2016Records 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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