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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At, The Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 14 May 2002Land At, Fen Ditton Primary School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5
Received 8 Jul 2005Bar Hill County Primary School, Bar Hill
Received 19 Aug 1980City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 2SH
Received 30 Dec 1996Land At, Grunty Fen Yard, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6
Received 19 Jun 2002Highways Depot, Stukeley Road
Received 12 Apr 1989Second Drove, Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 18 Apr 1974Workshop And Store Within Little Paxton Sand And Gravel Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 18 Jun 1986Adj, Kings Hedges Rd And Recreation Ground, Arbury Rd, Cambridge
Received 16 Mar 1995Stretham Primary School, Berry Close, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3JP
Received 2 Mar 1976Land Off, Algores Way, Wisbech, PE13
Received 11 Jun 2002Manea Community Primary School , Station Road, Manea, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0HA
Received 29 Jul 2024Probation Offices, Grammar School Walk
Received 13 Feb 1990Gorefield Primary School, High Road, Gorefield, Wisbech, PE134NB
Received 19 Apr 1995Station Farm, Brampton Road, Buckden, St Neots, PE19 5UH
Received 23 Dec 2017Land At, Mick Denton Metal Recycling Ltd, Osborne Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 2 Dec 2004Upware Field Studies Centre, Upware, Ely, CB7
Received 4 Jun 1979Land At, Cambridge Professional Development Centre (CPDC), Foster Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 27 Apr 2006Cottenham Park Clay Pit, Broad Lane, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 23 Jul 1987Childrens Resource Centre, Osborne Road, Wisbech
Received 23 Jul 1979Land At, Swavesey Primary School, Middle Watch, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB4
Received 3 Mar 2004Buckden Sand And Gravel Pit (Iv), Buckden Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 1 Apr 1963Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4 8UA
Received 18 Jan 2000Coton Primary School, High Street
Received 2 Feb 1988Records 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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