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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land North Of, Deal Grove, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 12 Nov 1987Land At Rickards And 47, West End, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 22 Oct 199013 Castle Row, Cambridge
Received 1 Apr 1975Land At, Willingham Travellers Site, Meadow Road, Willingham
Received 30 Oct 2006New Saxon Works , Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1PD
Received 9 Oct 2025Burwell Library And School, The Causeway, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 8 Sept 1992Land At Impington Village College, New Road, Impington
Received 30 Oct 2002Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 15 Oct 1984C.C. Depot, Ermine St. & Hospital St. Peter's Rd.
Received 14 May 1986Land At Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey
Received 21 Jan 2008Land At, The Queen`s School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 8 Feb 2005Primary School, Land East Of The Oaks & Off 'Caxton Lane', Cambourne New Settlement
Received 3 Nov 1999Milton Landfill Site, Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridgeshire
Received 20 Jan 2020Wheatfields Primary School , Wheatfields, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 3WF
Received 3 Apr 2023Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xix), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 2 Mar 1981Travellers Site, Fenland Way, Chatteris, PE16
Received 27 Mar 1991Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE175NX
Received 9 Aug 1988Land Between North Angle And Swaffham Prior Energy Centre Including Compound At High Town Drove, Burwell, CB25 0BP
Received 15 Jul 2022Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 7 Oct 1999Wisbech St Mary C Of E Primary School, Church Road, Wisbech St Mary, Wisbech, PE13 4RJ
Received 17 Apr 2013Former School Playing Fields, Off Norwood Road
Received 31 Jul 1986Castle Camps Primary School, Church Lane, Castle Camps
Received 16 Apr 1999Hardwick Community School, Limes Road, Hardwick
Received 24 Apr 1984Land Within Land North Of Little Paxton Sand And Gravel Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 4 Jun 1986Records 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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