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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.
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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At, Queen Edith CP School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1
Received 3 Nov 2006Beats Lodge, Hooks Drove, Murrow, PE13 4HH
Received 2 Jun 2021Speedwell Farm, Long Drove, Coldham
Received 12 Nov 1988Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, Chatteris, CB6 2AY
Received 19 Aug 2024Adjacent West Of Cow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Dec 1970New Shops/Offices Building, Mill Lane/High Street
Received 8 Dec 1989Land At Clarkson Infant School, Trafford Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 1 Oct 2002New Road Primary School, New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1SZ
Received 10 Apr 2019Householders Waste Recycling Centre, Bluntisham Heath Road, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 24 Mar 1993Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DL
Received 28 Nov 2018Thomas Eaton Primary School, Church Street, Wimblington, March, PE15
Received 18 Jun 1992Old Station House, Station Farm Landfill Site, Brampton Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 15 Jan 1996Folksworth C Of E School, Apreece Road, Folksworth, Peterborough, PE7 3TY
Received 29 Jul 1987Medworth Efw Chp Facility, Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Jun 2025Land At Cowley Road Waste Handling Facility, Cowley Road, Cambridge
Received 12 Aug 2009Overhills County Primary School, Newtown, Kimbolton, Huntingdon, PE180HY
Received 7 Nov 1994Former Huntingdonshire Regional College, Almond Road, St. Neots, PE19 1EA
Received 5 Mar 2016Land At, Station Quarry, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 29 Dec 2005Histon And Impington Junior School, The Green, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9JA
Received 13 Sept 2018West Fen Farm , Whitemoor Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0AF
Received 20 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To Horsey Toll Farm, Whittlesey Road, Stanground, Peterborough, PE7 2PP
Received 15 Jan 2016Land At South East Of Slade's Farm, Swaffham Prior Fen, Swaffham Prior, CB5
Received 30 May 2007City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2SH
Received 29 Jun 2000Land At, Cheveley Primary School, High Stret, Cheveley
Received 24 Oct 2006Records 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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