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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Holme C Of E Junior School, Church Street, Holme
Received 12 Mar 198749 Downham Rd, Ely
Received 25 Aug 1998Cambridge Regional College, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8EG
Received 22 Jun 1981Shelford Primary School, Church Street, GT Shelford
Received 12 Jul 1983Manor School, Station Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RR
Received 24 May 1985Land At, Witcham Meads Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal
Received 16 Oct 2007Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 17 Feb 1978Townley Primary School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 9NA
Received 9 Oct 2024Land North Of Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Received 22 Jan 2019Crosshall Junior And Infant Schools,Great March Road, Eaton Socon, St.Neots
Received 1 Aug 1984Alderman Jacobs School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 11 Dec 1996Melbourn Village College, The Moor
Received 19 Aug 1996Buckden North Landfill, Brampton Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5UH
Received 15 Jul 2019St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 6 Sept 1983Dimmocks Cote Quarry, Stretham Road, Wicken, CB7 5XL
Received 12 Nov 2021Woodditton Limestone Quarry, Woodditton Road, Newmarket, CB8
Received 25 Feb 1948County Primary School, Bluntisham
Received 27 Sept 1982Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 27 Oct 1994Land At Thongsley County Junior & Infant School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon
Received 28 Apr 1999Longfield Farm, Newmarket Road, Teversham
Received 15 Sept 1989Oxmoor St John's School, Sallowbush Road, Huntingdon
Received 21 Jun 1976Land At, Huntingdon Junior School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 18 May 2005Land Off Poplar Drove, Ten Mile Bank, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 30 Jul 2001Petersfield C.E. (Aided) School, Hurdleditch Road, Orwell
Received 14 Aug 1998Records 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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