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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Railway Cutting At JN Between High Street Abington And, Pampisford Road, Abington, Cambridge, CB1
Received 1 May 1985Duxford Church Of England Community Primary School, St Johns Street, Duxford, CB22 4RA
Received 2 Nov 2021Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 10 Aug 1990Cottenham CP School, Lambs Lane, Cottenham
Received 20 Apr 1999Cheveley Church Of England School, High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, CB8 9DG
Received 10 Mar 2010Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 4 Jul 1983To E Side Of Soham From ""The Shade"" To N To Existing Junc A142/A1123
Received 14 Jul 1978West Highways Divisional Depot, North Street
Received 1 Mar 1989Melbourn Primary School , Mortlock Street, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, SG8 6DB
Received 7 Apr 2026Haseheath
Received 28 Mar 1978Land Off Raveley Road, Woodwalton, Cambs.
Received 5 Apr 2013Langwood Fen Farm, Langwood Fen Drove, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6XF
Received 24 Nov 2025County Primary School, Long Furlong, Over
Received 24 May 1976Land South Of A45 And East Of, Wilbraham Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 17 Dec 1993Plantation Quarry, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 0NX
Received 16 Feb 2024Land South Of Honeysome Lodge, Honeysome Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 24 Feb 1995Land 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 3 Jun 2020Barnabas Oley C Of E Primary School, Little Lane, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19
Received 2 Dec 1982Littleport CP School, Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 7 Apr 1989Ms-N Adults' Hostel, Elm Road, March
Received 25 Mar 1985New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1PD
Received 22 Apr 2026The Rackham School, Main Street, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2HQ
Received 30 Sept 2003Warboys Clay Pit (2), Heath Road, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 9 Oct 1985Land At, Linton Community Sports Centre, Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 23 May 2003Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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