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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Kennett County Primary School, Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire CB8 7QQ
Received 22 Feb 2011Burnsfield Infs & King Edward Jun School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16
Received 29 Jun 1978East Barnwell Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RS
Received 9 Aug 1988Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 30 Dec 1996Brington C Of E School, Church Lane, Brington, Huntingdon, PE180PU
Received 27 Oct 1989Land Off, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PG
Received 22 Dec 2008Cheveley Ce School, High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, CB8 9DG
Received 1 Aug 1995Thongsley County Junior And Infant School, Butts Grove Way, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 1PE
Received 20 Apr 2012Barrington Quarry, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 2 Jul 2010Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge.
Received 24 Dec 2020Eynesbury Ce School, Montagu Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 29 Aug 1996Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB5 0LG
Received 15 Apr 1991Highways Depot, Stukeley Road, Huntingdon
Received 9 Sept 1981Land At, Houghton Primary School, Chapel Lane, Houghton, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 21 Nov 2001Land At Bridgefoot Farm, Newmarket Road, Heydon, Royston, SG8
Received 7 Dec 1995Land At, Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 28 Nov 2005Strikes Ten Pin Bowling, The Dock, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS
Received 2 Dec 2019B. H Porter & Son, Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2RJ
Received 20 Jul 2012Brickyard Farm , Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, PE29 2EJ
Received 30 Apr 2024Fire Station, High Street, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB5 0LX
Received 16 May 1994Manea CP School, Station Road, Manea, March, PE15
Received 28 Aug 1996Land Adjacent To Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 11 Mar 1996Weatheralls County Primary School, Prat Street, Soham
Received 8 May 2000Brampton Sewage Treatment Works, River Lane, Brampton, Cambridgeshire
Received 13 Jan 2009Records 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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