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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 13 Aug 2025Yaxley Infants School, Main Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 4 Mar 1977Benwick Primary School, High Street, Benwick, March, PE15 0XA
Received 1 Jul 2015Land At Clarkson Infants School, Trafford Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 4 Nov 2000Warboys Landfill Site, Puddock Hill, Warboys, Cambridgeshire, PE28 2TX
Received 11 Nov 2019Warboys Clay Pit (3), Puddock Hill, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 24 Mar 1992Land At Hinxton Sand And Gravel Pit, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, CB10
Received 26 Jul 1995Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 15 Aug 1985Former School, Abington Road, Litlington
Received 8 Jul 1982Clarkson Infants & St Peters Junior Schools, Trafford Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 15 Jan 1996Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 15 Aug 2017Farcet C Of E Primary School, St Marys Street, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7
Received 30 Nov 2007Huntingdon County Junior & Infant School Including Nursery, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE187AD
Received 23 Sept 1998St.Matthews CP School, Norfolk Street, Cambridge
Received 22 Jul 1997Queens School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE132SE
Received 10 Jun 1986Barrington Chalk Pit, Chapel Hill, Barrington, Cambridge, CB3
Received 26 May 1950Gravel Heap At Rectory Farm, West Of, Landbeach Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 2 Dec 1997Folksworth C Of E School, Apreece Road, Folksworth, Peterborough, PE7 3TY
Received 4 Aug 1983Middlefield CP School, Andrew Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 17 Apr 1990Cowley Road Waste Transfer Station, St. John's Innovation Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ
Received 12 Nov 2013Land At Buckden Quarry, Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 5 Jun 2001Land At, Little Paxton Quarry, Great North Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 15 Nov 2002Russel Street, Cambridge
Received 7 Nov 1983Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 2 Mar 1976Records 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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