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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Warboys Landfill Site, Station Road, Warboys, PE28 2TX
Received 19 Sept 2011Land At, Waterbeach Primary School, Way Lane, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 15 May 2003Marsh Lane Quarry, Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 12 May 1987Townley Primary School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, PE14 9NA
Received 12 Aug 2017Land North Of Newmarket Road, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Received 22 Jan 2020Rectory Farm Sand And Gravel Pit (II), Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 4 Mar 1974Alderman Jacobs School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 27 Oct 1976Clarkson Infants & St Peters Junior Schools, Trafford Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 30 Oct 1992Eastfield Infant And Nursery School , Pig Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5QT
Received 31 Jan 2023Pupil Referral Unit Mobile, Huntingdonshire Regional College, California Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 12 Feb 2003Swanbridge Farm, Long Drove, Parson Drove
Received 22 May 1975Fowlmere C P School
Received 21 Jan 1981Bridgefoot Gravel Pit, A505, Hinxton, Cambridge
Received 29 Sept 1980Littleport Clay Pit, Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 21 Dec 1992Land At, Histon Infants School, New School Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB4
Received 8 Apr 2004The Fire Station, Huntingdon Street, St. Neots
Received 20 Jul 1984Peckover Primary School, Leverington Road, Wisbech, PE131PJ
Received 20 Aug 198727 Warkworth Street
Received 19 Mar 1986Land At New Farm, Rideaway, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 9HQ
Received 7 Nov 2019Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 20 Jul 1976Papworth Everard STW, Ermine Street, Papworth St Agnes
Received 18 Jul 2008Land At, Cavalry Primary School, Cavalry Drive, March, PE15
Received 27 Apr 2005Queens Road Community Centre, Queens Road, Wisbech, PE132PB
Received 18 Nov 1997Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 14 May 1991Records 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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