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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Melbourn Primary School, Mortlock Street, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DB
Received 2 Nov 2017Guilden Morden School, Pound Green, Guilden Morden, Royston, SG8 0JZ
Received 20 Jul 2016Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 2 Jul 1993Sawston Sewage Treatment Works, Cambridge Road, Sawston, Cambs
Received 30 Jun 2008Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Received 13 Jun 1978Oxmoor St. John C Of E School, Sallowbush Road
Received 5 Feb 1991Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 18 Jun 1992Rex Cinema Site, Magrath Avenue, Cambridge
Received 20 Aug 1984Neale-Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE15
Received 19 Apr 2000Adjacent East Of Margetts Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 14 Jun 1967Trout Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Earith Fen Drove, Earith, St. Ives
Received 4 Nov 1947Land At, Milton Landfill Site, Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 8 Oct 2003North West Of Orton Brickworks, Orton Malborne, Peterborough, PE2
Received 9 Nov 1960Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Received 14 Sept 1976Fen Ditton C.P. School, Horningsea Road
Received 10 Apr 1992Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 2HS
Received 4 Jun 1990Os 4681.1588.3084.2600.PT.Os 0003, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 23 Sept 19661 & 5 Cross Lane, Melbourn
Received 6 Aug 1980Land At, Great Wilbraham Primary School, Church Street, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 19 Apr 2004Godmanchester Landfill Site, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, PE29 2EJ
Received 12 Sept 2017Travellers' Site, Cambridge Road, St. Neots
Received 22 Oct 1998Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 4 Jul 1983Land At, Hearing Impaired Unit, Huntingdon Junior School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE29
Received 10 Nov 2005Coleridge Secondary School
Received 8 Feb 1978Records 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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