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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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North West Of Little Paxton (Diddington) Sand And Gravel Pit, Great North Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 1 Sept 1992Land To The South Of Witcham Meadlands Quarry , Block Fen, Mepal, CB6 2AY
Received 24 Jul 2023Fen Ditton Primary School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton
Received 15 Jan 1998Sports & Leisure Centre, Camel Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1EW
Received 2 Dec 2016Little Thetford CP School, Green Hill, Little Thetford, Ely, CB6 3HD
Received 23 Jun 1998Coton C Of E [Cont] School, Whitwell Way
Received 17 Jun 1991Land Opposite Health Centre, Linton
Received 7 Mar 1985Burwell House, 46 North Street, Burwell, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0BB
Received 7 Feb 2001Heath Road, Warboys, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE17
Received 15 Aug 1990Whitehall Farm, Off Lynn Road, Littleport
Received 9 Nov 1979Sixth Form College, Hills Road
Received 3 May 1989Mick George (Haulage) Ltd, Second Drove, St. Ives, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE174YQ
Received 24 Jan 2001Coleridge Community College, Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
Received 4 Jul 1975Littleport Village College, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 17 May 1982Ramnoth Junior School, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE13 2JB
Received 21 Dec 2017Land At, Scrapyard, Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8
Received 29 Jan 1981Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 17 Mar 1980Gordon Fendick & St Augustines Schools, Tinkers Drove, Wisbech, PE13
Received 22 Nov 1976Land Adjacent To White Walls, Eldernell Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 10 Jan 1995Land At, Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 20 Dec 2006Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 1 Feb 1990Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 20 Feb 19926 Marston Road, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2HB
Received 16 Jul 2020Land Rear Of 1-4 Mowlem Close
Received 19 Aug 1987Records 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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