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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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85 Babraham Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3AY
Received 15 Sept 2022Proposed Railway Station To Serve Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 12 Jun 1998Woolley Road, Barham, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE18
Received 12 Oct 1992Milton Clay Pit, At Junction Of A14 And, A10, Milton, Cambridge
Received 4 Feb 1981Land To Rear Of 254, Histon Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 15 Oct 1998Drummer Street Bus Station, Cambridge
Received 26 Jul 1983Land North-East Of Thriplow Heath, A505, Hinxton, Cambridge
Received 17 Jul 1959Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 14 Jun 1979Land At, Deal Grove, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 21 Nov 1983Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB5 0LG
Received 19 Oct 1984PT.Os 0003.0087.8389.1000.0016, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 21 Sept 1956Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LG
Received 2 Mar 2009St. Bedes Interchurch Comprehensive School, Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD
Received 21 Oct 2016Foxton C.P. School, Station Road
Received 2 Apr 1987Rectory Farm Sand And Gravel Pit (I), Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 10 May 1972Land At, Cavalry Primary School, Cavalry Drive, March, PE15
Received 11 Jun 2003Land To The North And To The North East Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (1), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 14 Apr 1981Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 25 Jul 1995Land At, The Potter Group Plc, Queen Adelaide, Ely, CB7
Received 4 Feb 2003Land At Witcham Meadlands, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 24 Mar 2000Fulbourn Primary School, School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5BH
Received 21 Jun 2013Ely St Johns Community Primary School, St Johns Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3BW
Received 23 May 2017Land At, Crow Hall Farm, Northfield Road, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 15 Feb 2002Eversden Quarry, Roman Road, Little Eversden, Cambridge, CB3
Received 4 Jun 1991Records 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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