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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cambridge Professional Development Centre, Foster Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 9NL
Received 21 Apr 2021Barton C. Of E. Aided School, School Lane
Received 15 Sept 1987Land At Old March Library, Gordon Avenue, March
Received 27 Sept 2002Land At Block Fen, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Dec 2024Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 6 Feb 1990Land At, Great Paxton Primary School, Mount Pleasant, Great Paxton, PE19
Received 29 Jan 2007Bury Lane Farm Composting Facility, Bury Lane Farm, Bury Lane, Ramsey Heights, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE26 2RU
Received 27 Sept 2011Oxmoor St John School, Sallowbush Road, Huntingdon
Received 24 Sept 1981Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Apr 2025Cottenham C.P. School, Lambs Lane
Received 5 Feb 1996Spaldwick County Primary School, Ferriman Road, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 27 Jul 1989Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 31 Jul 1990Bottisham CP School, Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9BE
Received 20 Dec 1988Linton County Junior School, Wheatsheaf Way, Linton Heights
Received 15 Jan 1976Mepal And Witcham School, Brangehill Lane, Mepal, Ely, CB6 2AL
Received 9 Jun 1993Castle Sen School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Received 10 Sept 2014Land To The South Of The A605 (Peterborough Road) From A Point 480 Metres West To 435 Metres East Of The Kings Dyke Level Crossing
Received 19 Dec 2015Envar Composting Ltd , St Ives Road, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3BS
Received 4 Aug 2023Farcet Primary School, St. Mary's Street, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7 3AR
Received 23 Oct 2006Nene County Infants School, Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE132AP
Received 26 Nov 1990Hartford County Junior & Infant School, Mayfield Road, Huntingdon, PE187UL
Received 11 Jul 1997Lyons Farm Reservoirs , Wimblington Road, Manea, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0JZ
Received 23 Apr 2024Park & Ride, Newmarket Road, Teversham, Cambridge, CB5 8AA
Received 10 Jun 2017Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon, PE29 1TQ
Received 11 Aug 2018Records 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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