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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Land At Haslingfield Endowed School, School Lane, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB3
Received 18 Apr 2001Land At Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge
Received 13 Aug 1999Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE16 6UU
Received 14 Jul 2021Land At, Sutton Gault Reservoir, The Gault, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 9 Dec 2003Milton Landfill Site, Butt Lane, Milton, CB24 6DQ.
Received 13 Dec 2021Land To The South Of Ely Between Angel Drove & Stuntney Causeway
Received 24 Jan 2017Bassingbourn C.P. School, Brook Road
Received 12 Jun 1995Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 5 Dec 1978Morley Memorial Primary School, 91 Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX
Received 23 Sept 1986Papworth Everard C.P. School, Ermine Street
Received 12 May 1992Duxford Community School, St. Johns Street
Received 9 Jul 1990Huntingdon Educ Dev Centre, Lawrence Court, Princes Street
Received 22 Jul 1983Junction Of Hall Street And Speed Lane
Received 3 Jul 1987Wimblington C.P School, 7 Church Street
Received 22 Apr 1985Village College, Comberton
Received 2 Apr 1976Cambridge Regional College, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8EG
Received 10 Apr 1990Histon & Impington School, The Green, Histon
Received 12 Jun 1980Adjacent East Of Cow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 13 Apr 1976Wimblington Gravel Pit Boots Bridge, Manea Road, Wimblington, March, PE15
Received 22 Mar 1988Northstowe Education Campus, Land Adjacent To Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1BN
Received 8 Jul 2021Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 8 Jan 1976110 Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2JD
Received 14 May 2013Meldreth Primary School, High Street, Meldreth, Royston, SG8 6LA
Received 5 Feb 2018Shire Hall Site, Castle Hill, Cambridge
Received 28 Jun 1982Records 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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