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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sawtry Infant School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5SH
Received 19 Oct 2009Land Adjoining Former Primary School, Margett Street
Received 16 Aug 1984Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 21 Jun 1990Burwell Primary School, The Causeway, Burwell, CB25 0DU
Received 25 Sept 2015High Street
Received 23 Nov 1988Former Shepreth County Primary School, High Street, Shepreth
Received 18 Nov 1983Buckden Ce School, School Lane, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 9 Sept 1991Spinning Infant School, High Street, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171AE
Received 7 Jun 1993Alconbury Weald Education Campus , Land At Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire
Received 23 Jan 2025Burwell Primary School, The Causeway, Burwell, CB25 0DU
Received 16 Dec 2016Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FS
Received 23 Mar 2015Steeple Morden Primary School, 7 Hay Street, Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, SG8 0PD
Received 9 Mar 2010Land At Ernulf Community School, Barford Road, Eynesbury
Received 22 Jul 1982Bale House, Coleseed Road, March, PE15
Received 25 Mar 1998Land Rear Of Ashbeach School, Ramsey St. Mary's
Received 1 Dec 1995Sir Harry Smith Community College , Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB
Received 23 Nov 2023Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE175TQ
Received 1 Nov 1990Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 4 Mar 1977Adjacent South West Of Little Paxton Sand And Gravel Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 20 Oct 1958Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 3 Nov 1975Land At Colne Fen Quarry, Chatteris Road, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3DN
Received 6 Mar 2020Agricultural Building At, Dumptilow Farm, Lattenbury Hill, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 13 Jun 2003Block Fen Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire CB6 2AY
Received 14 Apr 2011Littleport Village College, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 20 Nov 1978Records 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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