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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Highfield Littleport Academy , Elmside, Littleport, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1LJ
Received 24 Oct 2024Lion Yard Car Park, Exchange Street, Cambridge
Received 4 Jul 1975Enterprise Centre, Haggis Gap
Received 12 Oct 1994The Homestead, Newmarket Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 29 Aug 1996Colville County Primary School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 20 Dec 1977Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 29 Nov 1979Wisbech Green School, Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 11 Oct 2021Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 9 Aug 2017Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 1 May 1997Newnham Croft Primary School, Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF
Received 29 Oct 1985Land At, Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6
Received 27 Nov 2003Land At, Trumpington Park & Ride Site, Hauxton Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 30 Mar 2006Land At Needingworth Quarry, Off B1050 Shelford Road, Willingham, Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Feb 2019Land At, Proposed Sewage Treatment Plant, Old Weston, Huntingdon, PE28 5LW
Received 5 Oct 2006Queens School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE132SE
Received 11 Aug 1989Cambridge Regional College, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8EG
Received 27 Apr 1988Shire Hall Site, Castle Hill
Received 10 Feb 1986The Weatheralls County Primary School, Pratt Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5BH
Received 20 Jul 2012Littleport Community Primary School, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 18 Mar 2026Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 19 Dec 1991Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5NX
Received 10 Mar 2022Barrington Cofe Vc Primary School, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RG
Received 6 Nov 2020Mick George (Haulage) Ltd, Second Drove, St Ives, PE27 4YQ
Received 4 Feb 2009Wilbraham Chalk Pit, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 7 Apr 1993Records 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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