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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ship End Limestone Quarries, Elton Road, Stibbington, Peterborough, PE8
Received 4 Nov 1947Brook Farm, Barrington Road
Received 9 Sept 1993Land At Chesterton Sidings, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Received 31 Dec 20001 Mowlem Close
Received 25 Mar 1988Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 8 Sept 1992South West Of Barleycroft Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 10 Nov 1987Guyhirn Landfill Site (I), Gull Drove, Guyhirn, Wisbech, PE13
Received 16 Feb 1999The Shade Primary School, The Shade, Soham, Ely, CB7 5DE
Received 20 May 2013Buckden Ce School, School Lane, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 20 Jul 1994Land Between Nos. 4 & 5 Royston Road
Received 28 Jun 1989Land At, Baker Young's Nursery, Manea Road, Wimblington
Received 11 Dec 2006Green Hedges Special School, Bar Lane
Received 19 Apr 1994Land At Asas UK Ltd, St Ives Road, Woodhurst
Received 23 Jan 2007St. Andrews C Of E Junior School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5AA
Received 23 Jun 1998Bassingbourn Village College
Received 13 Mar 19787-21 Lisle Lane, Ely
Received 19 Dec 1983Wyton County Infant School, Cambridge Square, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE172JB
Received 24 Jul 1980Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (II), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Jul 1973Land At Adas UK Ltd, The Heath, Woodhurst
Received 14 Feb 2007St Andrews Ce Junior School, Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 27 Jun 1996Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE188AG
Received 16 Jun 1986Coldhams Lane, Cambridge
Received 24 Oct 1958Castle Camps Primary School, Church Lane, Castle Camps, Cambridge, CB21 4TH
Received 15 Jun 2016St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 15 Aug 1991Records 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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