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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2JA
Received 24 Nov 2023Library And Archive Centre , Princes Street, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 3PA
Received 24 Aug 2022Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 12 Oct 2021Meadowgate School, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech, PE132JH
Received 3 Sept 1993Hall Farm, Waterbeach
Received 13 Sept 1979Land At Highfields School, Downham Road, Ely
Received 18 Mar 2008Burwell Library And School, The Causeway, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 25 Apr 1995Marleigh Primary School, Marleigh Avenue, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8YF
Received 24 May 2022County Highways Depot, Stukeley Road
Received 12 Oct 1989Os 7500.5000.6400.3981.6075.4294.4488.3670.3, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 15 Jul 1966Adjacent North Of Portholme Sand And Gravel Pit, Bromholme Lane, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 3 Jun 1974The Lantern Community Primary School, Nene Road, Ely, CB6 2WL
Received 5 Feb 2021Adjacent South Of Little Paxton Sand And Gravel Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 1 May 1953Barrington Ce School, Hasingfield Road, Bassingbourn
Received 12 Jul 199912 Station Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 4 Jun 1980111 Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8 7ND
Received 8 Oct 2010Adjacent West Of Galley Hill Sand And Gravel Pit, Potton Road, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 15 Jul 1950Hinchingbrooke Cottage, Brampton Road
Received 15 Dec 1992Arbury County Primary School, Carlton Way, Cambridge
Received 23 Jul 1984Borrow Pit At Sheep Walk Farm, Oundle Road, Elton, Peterborough, PE8
Received 1 May 1979Land Adj. Former School, Soham Road, Stuntney
Received 1 Jun 1988Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 7 Jun 1993Land To The North East Of Sand And Gravel Pit East Of Kennett Village, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 6 Feb 1978Town Hall, Market Place, March
Received 15 Dec 1981Records 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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