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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land At, Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 28 Mar 2002Ramnoth Road Primary School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JB
Received 16 Aug 1993Land At, Sawtry Infants School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 20 Oct 2005Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 26 Sept 1990Children's Montessori Nursery , Cinques Road, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, SG19 3NJ
Received 5 Feb 2024Dawson Plant Hire, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4QJ
Received 4 Mar 2022Elm C Of E Junior School, Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE140AG
Received 8 Sept 1976Northstowe Primary School, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Jan 2015Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 2 Jul 1991Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Received 28 May 1992Murrow Primary School, 73 Murrow Bank, Murrow, Wisbech, PE13
Received 5 Mar 2008The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 20 Dec 1978Needingworth Quarry, Bluntisham Road, Needingworth, Cambridgeshire, PE27 4TA,
Received 9 Feb 2026Warboys CP School, Humberdale Way, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 18 Jun 1985Wisbech Green School, Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Jun 2022Elton Limestone Quarry, Elton Road, Wansford, Peterborough, PE8
Received 20 Dec 1989Willingham County Primary School, Thoday's Close
Received 18 Mar 1976Elliott At St Edwards School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 10 Aug 1990Thomas House, 14 George Iv Street, Cambridge
Received 26 Jun 1998Land At, Green Hedges Special School, Bar Lane, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 9 Oct 2003Brampton Village & Primary School, The Green, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE28 4RF
Received 29 Nov 2013Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xvii), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 3 Aug 1988Godmanchester Landfill Site, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 8 Jun 1999St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 29 Mar 1976Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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