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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gamlingay First School, Green End, Gamlingay, Sandy, Cambridgeshire, SG19 3LE
Received 17 Oct 2019Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Received 27 Apr 1988Saxon Pit, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 10 May 2012Melbourn Village College, The Moor
Received 24 Jan 1990Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 21 Jan 1998Godmanchester Landfill Site, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, PE29 2EJ
Received 6 Apr 2017Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 16 Sept 1992Morley Memorial Primary School, 91 Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX
Received 10 May 1978Queens Girls School, Queens Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 30 Jun 1980Bassingbourn Village College
Received 4 May 1988Land At Priory Infants And Junior School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5
Received 30 Aug 2000Whitegates Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Upwell Road, March, PE15
Received 16 Dec 1992Comberton Village College, Toft
Received 29 Dec 1975Former Silt Lagoon And Plant Site Area Off, Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 16 Nov 2000Comberton Village College, Toft
Received 6 Mar 1979Histon & Impington Infant School, New School Road
Received 21 Oct 1992Land At Brookfields Business Centre, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 3 Jan 1993Elm C Of E School, Main Road
Received 21 Sept 1994Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
Received 4 Jun 1979Impington Village College, New Road, Impington
Received 2 Jun 1999Land At, Alderman Jacobs CP School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 9 Apr 2003Mepal Sand And Gravel Pit, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 30 Jan 1952Land At, Buckden Quarry, Mill Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 28 Mar 2002Histon County Junior School
Received 3 Nov 1978Records 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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