Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Received 12 Jan 1981St Andrews Ce Junior School, Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 17 Nov 1998Gas Flare, Cherry Hinton Landfill, Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1
Received 26 Sept 1989Willow Hall Farm, Hillrow Causeway, Haddenham, CB6 3PA
Received 26 Jun 2026The Weatheralls CP School, Pratt Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5BH
Received 11 Jan 1996Part Of Rear Gardens Of 1665, 167, 169 The Broadway, Yaxley
Received 20 Dec 1976CCC Depot, Witchford Road, Ely, CB6
Received 7 Dec 2000Roger Ascham Library Depot, Ascham Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2BD
Received 9 Dec 2021Land Adj, 51 Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6
Received 29 Nov 1991Extension To Mepal And Witcham Primary School, Brangehill Lane, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 6 Nov 2000Land At, Ramsey Abbey School, Church Green, Ramsey
Received 24 Jul 2002Disused Railway Line Between Slade End, Chatteris To Former Wimblington Railway Station & Land Betwe
Received 4 Jul 1978Great Staughton C P School, Causeway, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194BA
Received 30 Jun 1988Land At, Stilton Primary School, Church Street, Stilton, Peterborough, PE7
Received 1 Aug 2002Land At, Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 13 Jun 2003Land At, Dryden House, St Johns Street, Huntingdon, PE29
Received 28 Feb 2007Areas D, E, F, G And H, London Brick Company, London Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 26 May 1965St John's C Of E School, Sallowbush Road, Huntingdon
Received 27 Oct 1997Castle Camps Primary School, Church Lane, Castle Camps, Cambridge, CB21 4TH
Received 18 Jun 2009Land At, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 28 Apr 2003Bourn C.P. School, Riddy Lane
Received 18 Jan 1989Fen Ditton C.P. School, Horningsea Road
Received 26 Apr 1996Bar Hill Community Primary School, Gladeside
Received 13 Oct 198826-30 Norwich Street
Received 16 Sept 1975Records 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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