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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Queen Edith County Primary School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP
Received 16 Aug 1993Burwell Library And School, The Causeway, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 9 May 1989Cheveley Ce School, High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, CB8 9DG
Received 12 Oct 1989Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 10 Jul 2001Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Vi), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 19 Jun 1956Huntingdon Technical College, Ambury Road, Huntingdon
Received 26 Apr 1978Earith Roa, Willingham
Received 22 Jul 1980Boughton Lodge Watersports, Little Paxton, St Neots
Received 5 Aug 2014Land Off Louthe Way, Sawtry
Received 3 Nov 1983Former Rex Cinema Site, Magrath Avenue
Received 12 Jan 1988Land Adjacent Brookfield Business Park, Twentypence Road, Cottenham
Received 14 Aug 2002Hardwick Primary School, Limes Road, Hardwick, CB23
Received 3 Apr 2008Brampton County Infant And Junior Schools, The Green, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE188RF
Received 24 Aug 1994Land At, The Neale-Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE15 9PX
Received 18 Sept 2002Heath Road, Warboys, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE17
Received 1 Apr 1992Littleport Community Primary School, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1JT
Received 3 Jul 2015Land Adjacent Former Railway Crossing, Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 22 Jul 1987Land At, Scrapyard, Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8
Received 8 Dec 1987Land At, Scrapyard, Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8
Received 18 May 1994Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 19 May 1982Wyton County Infant School, Cambridge Square, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE172JB
Received 9 Jun 1976Ely St Johns Community Primary School, St Johns Road, Ely, CB6 3BW
Received 5 Feb 2021Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
Received 22 Jul 1996Highways Depot, Station Road
Received 18 Jul 1986Records 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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