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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 3 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 2 Jul 199168 High Street, Meldreth, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 6LA
Received 31 May 2022Cambridge Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Landbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PH
Received 4 Apr 2022Coton C.E. School, Whitwell Way
Received 27 Jun 1996Manor School, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RR
Received 20 Nov 1978Old Brick Pits, Little Fen Drove, Burwell
Received 9 Dec 1999The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 4 Dec 1990Land At The Manor School, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6
Received 13 Nov 2000North West Of Landbeach Sand And Gravel Pit, Ely Road, Landbeach, Cambridge, CB4
Received 6 Dec 1957Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 1TQ
Received 7 Feb 2020Shirley Primary School, Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 5 Nov 2007Land At, Kennett Hall Farm, Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 19 Nov 2016Godmanchester Landfill , Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, PE29 2EJ
Received 16 Jan 2026Barrington Cement Plant, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 18 Nov 2019Land Adjacent Railway Line, Station Road, Meldreth, Royston, SG8
Received 10 Jun 1998Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 4 Nov 1998Land At, The Amber Centre, Mayfield Road, Hartford, Huntingdon, PE29 1NL
Received 1 Aug 2005Isle Of Ely Primary School, Cam Drive, Ely, CB6 2WH
Received 15 Jan 2016Warboys Clay Pit, Puddock Hill, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 6 Jan 1992Land At, Barretts Bridge Garden Centre, Garden Lane, Wisbech St. Mary, Wisbech, PE13
Received 4 Mar 2002Careers Office, 10 Princes Street, Huntingdon
Received 26 Sept 1977Adjacent North Of Knobbs Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Fen Lane, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 Mar 1983Land At, Cambridge Centre For Recycling, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 1 Mar 2002Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 8 Aug 1977Records 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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