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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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East Of Weybridge Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Great North Road, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 16 Jul 1991Sedley Infant School, Malta Road, Cambridge, CB1 3PZ
Received 26 Jul 1996Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 10 May 1995Land At, Woodhatch Farm, Thrapston Road (B1514), Brampton
Received 23 Jul 2007Ditton Fields Nursery School, Wadloes Road, Cambridge, CB5 8PG
Received 22 Mar 1993Farcet Primary School, St. Marys Street, Farcet, Peterborough, PE7 3AR
Received 3 Feb 1988Land Toside And Rear Of Clayhithe Cottages, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge, CB5
Received 15 Jun 1989Leverington County Primary School, Church End, Leverington, Wisbech, PE135DD
Received 5 Nov 1996Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 14 Apr 2022Tunnel Under A15 For Conveyor (I)At London Brick Company, North Of, Broadway, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 2 Aug 1985Colville CP School, Church Lane, Newton, Wisbech, PE13
Received 5 Sept 1983Eltisley County Primary School, Caxton End, Eltisley
Received 20 Dec 1976Land Adjoining Police House, Haden Way, Willingham
Received 19 Nov 1984Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 31 Oct 2017Thongsley County Junior & Infant School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE187PE
Received 22 Oct 1975Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 23 Jun 2017Land Near Chatteris Engineering Works, Fenland Way, Chatteris, PE16
Received 5 Oct 1981Townley Primary School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Cambridgeshire, PE14 9NA
Received 23 Jun 2023Adj. Rayners Farm, S. Side Of North Street
Received 28 May 1992Thriplow Household Waste Site, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 24 Oct 1994Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows, Cambridge
Received 12 Oct 2021Manea Community Primary School , Station Road, Manea, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0HA
Received 5 Apr 2024Land At, Needingworth Quarry, Overcote Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 21 Jun 2000Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (XX), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 6 Nov 1985Records 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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