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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kennett Primary School, Land Southwest Of 98-138 Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 7QQ
Received 19 Jul 2024Arable Field Off Raveley Road, Raveley Road, Wood Walton, Cambridgeshire
Received 21 May 2014Land Rear Of 22 St Andrews Street, Cambridge
Received 1 Oct 1980Flegcroft Farm, Whittlesey
Received 26 Feb 1979Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 13 Oct 1976Fulbourn C.P. School, School Lane
Received 18 Dec 1996Land To The South Of Norman Cross Brickworks, London Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 8 Jun 1966Offord CP School, Off, High Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 19 Apr 1979Land Off Holywell Ferry Road, Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 13 Oct 1980Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham
Received 5 Jun 1979Land Adjoining Youngs Coach Depot, King Street, Rampton
Received 18 Jul 1985Bassingbourn Village College
Received 27 Mar 1980Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 3 Sept 1987Queen Edith CP School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP
Received 6 Jun 2017Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Received 7 Jan 1986Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey
Received 23 Jun 1980The Lantern Community Primary School, Nene Road, Ely, CB6 2WL
Received 5 Feb 2021Adjacent East Of Wilbraham Chalk Quarry (II), London Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 2 Sept 1997Police Station, Blenheim Road, Ramsey
Received 21 Feb 1977Hepworth Farm, Landbeach
Received 6 Sept 1976Willingham C.P. School, Thoday Close
Received 2 Apr 1987Westfield School, Ramsey Road, St. Ives, PE27 5RG
Received 3 Aug 2018Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Jun 2022Kennett Primary School, 98 Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 7QQ
Received 20 Mar 2024Records 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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