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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At, Fenton Manor Farm, Fenton, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 2SN
Received 23 Jun 2006Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Chatteris, CB6 2AY
Received 13 Jun 2017Land At, GT Wilbraham Primary School, Church Street, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 18 Aug 2003Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, PE150TF
Received 21 Jun 1979Swaffham Bulbeck Primary School, High Street, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB5 0LX
Received 18 Oct 1993Land At, Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 26 Dec 2004Rectory Farm Sand And Gravel Pit (III), Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 8 Oct 1973Glebelands CP School, New Road, Chatteris, PE166EZ
Received 12 Apr 1999Coton Barn, North Of, A14, Spaldwick
Received 3 Apr 1990The Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey
Received 29 May 1986St Neots Community College, Barford Road, Eynesbury, St Neots, PE19 2SH
Received 29 Apr 2009Adjoining Route A604 At Fenstanton
Received 27 May 1981Land At Fourfields Primary School, Queen Street, Yaxley
Received 13 Aug 2002Ely County Infants School, Ely City
Received 14 Sept 1999Wisbech Library, Ely Place, Wisbech, PE13 1EU
Received 18 Jun 2021Litlington County Primary School, Abington Piggotts Road
Received 23 Mar 1977Land At Goodwin Farm, 1 Heath Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LA
Received 17 Jul 2020Fulbourn Old Drift, Teversham
Received 24 Feb 1977Milton C.P. School, Humphries Way
Received 28 Aug 1996Land At Junction Between A14 And B660, Catworth, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 22 Jan 1992Cambridge College Of Further Education, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 12 Jul 1982Fowlmere C.P. School, Butts Lane
Received 28 Aug 1994Swaffham Prior Church Of England Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LG
Received 9 Aug 2012Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 15 Apr 1980Records 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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