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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Nos 5 And 5A Lion Works, Station Road East, Whittlesford
Received 22 Jan 2010Spaldwick County Primary School, Ferriman Road, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 20 Nov 1980Acre Fen, First Furlong Drove, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire PE16 6TA
Received 10 Nov 2011Village College, Melbourn
Received 13 Dec 1974Land At Dry Drayton C Of E Primary School, Park Street, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 4 Apr 2001Adjacent North Of Hundred Road Clay Pit, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 12 Dec 2000Shirley CP School, Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RW
Received 27 Aug 2010Sutton Primary School Land At, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 4 May 2007Cophall Farm, Cophall Drove, LT Downham Outside
Received 19 Aug 1988Bushmead Primary School, Darrington Close, Eaton Socon
Received 12 Sept 2002Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 4 Jun 1997Hinchingbrooke Estate, Huntingdon
Received 29 Jan 1981Warboys Landfill Site (2), Puddock Hill, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 1 Apr 1996Land At, Upwood STW, Meadow Lane, Upwood, Ramsey, PE17
Received 22 Sept 2004Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 15 Sept 1989Land At Morden Grange Chalk Pit, North East Of Ashwell Station, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 29 Feb 1984Land To The North/north-west Of Hauxton Road (A10), To The North-west And North Of Junction 11 Of The M11 And To The West Of Cambridge Road (A10) CB22 5HT, (within The Parish Of Hauxton And Partly Within The Parish Of South Trumpington).
Received 15 Apr 2025Milton School, Humphries Way, Milton, Cambridge, CB24 6DL
Received 23 May 2014Land At Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey
Received 1 Feb 2000Land At, Rees Thomas Special School, Downhams Lane, Cambridge, CB4
Received 11 Mar 2003Buckden County Library, Manor Gardens
Received 11 Jun 1992Stibbington Centre For Environmental Education, Great North Road, Stibbington, Peterborough, PE8
Received 29 Mar 1976Bassingbourn Village College
Received 18 Jun 1990The Weatheralls CP School, Pratt Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5BH
Received 22 Dec 1998Records 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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