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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cambridge College Of Further Education, Howard Mallett Site, New Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 22 Jun 1981Householders Waste Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 24 Nov 1993Littleport Community Primary School, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 15 Nov 2023Great Staughton C P School, Causeway, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194BA
Received 22 Feb 1988Addenbrooke's Hospital
Received 26 Sept 2013Pit To West Of Kings Dyke Brickworks, Funthams Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 3 Apr 2000Land Adjacent To Ashley Lodge, Conquest Drove, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7 3DH
Received 16 Nov 2010Land Adjacent To Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 29 Nov 1995Cromwell Park Primary School, Parkway, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6JA
Received 10 Jul 2012Littleport Community Primary School, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1JT
Received 12 Nov 2015Cambridge Sewage Treatment Works, Cowley Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Mar 2013Adjacent East Of Woolpack Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Cambridge Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 10 Oct 1962Land At, Old Co-Op Depot, Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, PE13
Received 19 Jan 2004Priory Junior School , Longsands Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1TF
Received 25 Mar 2026Land At, Cavalry Primary School, Cavalry Drive, March, PE15
Received 16 Jan 2002Rees Thomas School, Downhams Lane, Cambridge, CB4 1YB
Received 22 May 2000Land At, Sutton C E Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 1 Dec 2004Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 6 Dec 2023Burwell Library And School, The Causeway, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 25 Nov 1983Land At, 195, Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1RA
Received 7 Nov 2005Stilton C Of E School, Church Street, Stilton, Peterborough, PE7 3RF
Received 10 Aug 1984Cheveley Ce School, High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, CB8 9DG
Received 1 Jun 1993The Bellbird Primary School, Link Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3GB
Received 19 May 2016Great Abington C.P. School, High Street
Received 5 Jun 1996Records 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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