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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Yaxley Junior School, Landsdowne Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JL
Received 29 May 1996Kings Hedges Primary School, Northfields Avenue, Cambridge, CB4 2HU
Received 1 Dec 2015North West Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (1), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 29 Oct 1970Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way, Huntingdon, PE186UH
Received 21 Jul 1989Hainey Farm Packing Station, Barway Road, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 10 Oct 1990Burwell Clay Pit, Little Fen Drove, Burwell
Received 17 Jun 1947Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Vi), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 7 Oct 1959Medworth Efw Chp Facility, 40 Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2TQ
Received 5 May 2026Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 24 Jul 1980Land At, Mepal Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 31 Jan 2007Warboys Clay Pit, Puddock Hill, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 24 Oct 1996Must Farm And Kings Dyke
Received 26 Apr 1993Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 26 May 1993Arbury Primary School, Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE
Received 9 Apr 1992Coleridge Community College, Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
Received 27 Jun 1996Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 3 Oct 1974Trumpington Park And Ride, Hauxton Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2
Received 3 Apr 2000Land At, Comberton Village College, West Street, Comberton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 10 Feb 2006Land At, Comberton Village College, West Street, Comberton, CB3
Received 15 Feb 2007March Landfill Site, Hundred Road, March, PE15 8QN
Received 22 Jul 2024Land To The West Of Hauxton Sand And Gravel Pit, Church Road, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB2
Received 25 Jul 1955Land At, Dimmock`s Cote Quarry, Stretham Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7
Received 1 Jan 2002Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham
Received 13 Jan 1977Middle Mere Farm, Middlemere Drove, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5EW
Received 5 Feb 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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