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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hatton Park CP School, Hattons Park, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3DL
Received 30 Jun 2016Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (3), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 23 Nov 1964Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 7 Apr 1997Adjacent North Of Knobbs Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Fen Lane, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 Jan 1986Fowlmere C.P. School, The Butts
Received 6 Aug 1991Manea CP School, Station Road, Manea, March, PE15
Received 3 Mar 1998Land At Hinxton Sand And Gravel Pit, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, CB10
Received 4 Dec 1997Sawtry Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, PE28 5SH
Received 3 Aug 2026Soham Sewage Treatment Works, Broad Piece, Soham, Cambs
Received 9 May 2013Northstowe Primary School, Land To The North-East Of Longstanton Andsouth-East Of B1050.
Received 26 Apr 2016Sawtry Infants & Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, PE28 5SH
Received 9 Sept 2017Hospital & Depot Sites, St Peter's Rd./Ermine St.
Received 4 Jun 1992Icknield C.P. School, Lynton Way
Received 19 Aug 1993Manea CP School, Station Road, Manea, March, PE15
Received 26 May 1988Bellamy's Bridge, St. Mary's Road
Received 3 Nov 1993Chesterton Sports Centre, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 17 Sept 2007Kings Hedges Primary School, Cameron Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LX
Received 2 Nov 1994Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 15 Nov 1989Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 16 Aug 1979Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 2 Mar 2018Orton Brickworks, Peterborough
Received 16 Sept 1987Part Of Duxford Airfield
Received 5 May 1977Manea Community Primary School, Station Road, Manea, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0HA
Received 29 Mar 2023Former Hereward Comprehensive School, Robingoodfellows Lane, March, PE15
Received 31 Jul 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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