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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Somersat Farm, Cants Drove, Murrow, Wisbech, PE13 4HN
Received 18 Nov 2014Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (I), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Mar 2019Cambs. Constabulary HQ. Hinchingbrooke Park
Received 11 Aug 1987Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 10 Aug 1994Land At, Bassingbourn Village College, South End, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8
Received 14 Aug 2006Land At, Must Farm & King`s Dyke, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough
Received 19 Oct 2017Spinning Infant School, High Street, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171AE
Received 30 Jan 1987Land Adjacent To Warboys Landfill Site, Station Road, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 May 2001St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 5 Dec 1975Abbots Ripton C Of E School, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, PE172LT
Received 14 Jun 1995Cambridgeshire County Council Civic Hub, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4WX
Received 28 May 2020Fulbourn Infants School, Haggis Gap
Received 17 Sept 1986Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 22 Apr 2016Land At, Cottenham Primary School, Lamb's Lane, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 12 Feb 2004Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 21 Oct 1987Rectory Farm Sand And Gravel Pit (Iv), Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 3 Jun 1974Land At, Folksworth C Of E School, Apreece Road, Folksworth, Peterborough, PE7
Received 10 Dec 2003Windy Hall, Hasse Estate, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Received 5 May 1993Fulbourn Community Centre, Haggis Gap
Received 24 Jul 1996Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 8 Sept 1988Land At, Thongsley Fields Infant & Junior School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 28 Jul 2003Variation Of Condition Morden Grange Chalk Pit, North East Of Ashwell Station, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 16 Oct 1990Land At, Fenstanton & Hilton Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 30 Mar 2005Cambs Constabulary HQ, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon
Received 25 Jan 1985Records 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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