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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mepal Reservior, Short North Fen Drove, Sutton, Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Jun 2023Agricultural And Orchard Land North Of Village
Received 19 Mar 1986Land At, Brington Primary School, Church Lane, Brington, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 11 Jun 2003Land To Rear Of Beechwood House, Cattle Dyke, Gorefield, Wisbech, PE13
Received 26 May 2000Gamlingay First School, Green End
Received 31 Mar 1989Plot At Neale-Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE15
Received 17 Mar 2001Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxi), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 5 Aug 1988Her Majesty's Prison & Young Offenders' Institute, Littlehey, Perry, Huntingdon, PE28 0SR
Received 18 Sept 2012Land East Of George Campbell Leisure Centre, City Road, March
Received 10 Jul 1998Medworth Efw Chp Facility, 40 Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2TQ
Received 18 May 2026Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB5 0LG
Received 11 Jul 1997Bury Lane Fruit Farm, Meldreth
Received 12 Jun 1987Land At Linton C Of E Infants School, Church Lane, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 13 Oct 2000Colne Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (II), Chatteris Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 9 Nov 1978Land At, Cottenham Primary School, Lambs Lane, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 9 May 2003Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 13 Sept 1979Work Experience Unit, Cambridge Road, Waterbeach
Received 9 Jul 1975Land At, Eastfields Infants School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 8 Nov 2000Holme Fen
Received 16 Dec 1974John Falkner Infant School, Mill Lane
Received 14 May 1991Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 13 Sept 1977Over Primary School, Long Furlong, Over
Received 8 Jan 1998Gorefield Primary School, High Road, Gorefield, Wisbech, PE134NB
Received 29 Jun 1989Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 11 Aug 1995Records 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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