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Cambridgeshire County Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cambridgeshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,832Searchable applications
46Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 6,392 approved or refused records
194Refused applications
6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areasNo boundary records available in this collection
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- ApproveCCC/24/066/DCON
Application to discharge condition 10 (Lighting) of planning permission CCC/22/083/FUL
Land Between North Angle And Swaffham Prior Energy Centre Including Compound At High Town Drove, Burwell, CB25 0BP
Received 5 Jun 2024 - ApproveH/00782/97/CC
Retention Of 1 X 3 Bay, 1 X 4 Bay, 1 X 5 Bay Mobile Units
Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE188AG
Received 3 Jun 1997 - ApproveH/05026/03/CW
Construction of a chemical dosing unit.
Land At, St Neots Sewage Treatment Works, Huntingdon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 13 Aug 2003 - ApproveH/00943/76/CC
Retention Of Mobile Classroom
Sapley Park, Thames Road, Huntingdon
Received 4 Oct 1976 - ApproveF/00550/92/CW
Creation Of On Site Disposal Facility For Waste Concrete Generated From Arc Wimblington Cb Plant
Land At Wimblington Premix Plant, Manea Road, Wimblington, March, PE15
Received 6 Oct 1992 - ApproveH/5016/16/CC
Installation of solar PV canopies and associated infrastructure including 1 energy storage house and 3 electrical housing units.
St Ives Park And Ride Site, The Meadow, Meadow Lane, St. Ives, PE27 4LG
Received 7 Apr 2017 - ApproveF/00448/89/CC
Erection Of A 3-Bay Elliott Mobile Classroom, And Retention Of A Terrapin Block With Link Corridor And An Equipment Store
Murrow County Primary School, Murrow Bank, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE134HD
Received 12 Apr 1989 - ApproveS/01088/99/CC
Erection of 1 x 5-bay mobile classroom & retention of 9 x existing mobile classroom buildings
Impington Village College, New Road, Impington
Received 2 Jul 1999 - RefuseF/00755/95/CW
Proposed Change Of Use Of Land To Scrap Yard & Formation Of New Access Road
29 Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13
Received 14 Feb 1996 - ApproveCCC/21/102/DCON
Application for approval of details required by conditions 3, 4, 5, 6 & 16 of planning permission F/2010/15/CC (Restriction of vehicular access severed A605; Highway lines, signs & street lights; Maintenance bays on roundabouts; Footways & access Funthams Lane; Headlight mitigation)
Land To The South Of The A605 (Peterborough Road) From A Point 480 Metres West To 435 Metres East Of The King's Dyke Level Crossing
Received 16 Jul 2021 - ApproveS/01831/04/CC
Extensions to provide hygiene room, MI room , access for wheelchair user.
Fulbourn Primary School, School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5BH
Received 26 Aug 2004 - ApproveF/00098/96/CC
Extension To Existing Classbase And Provision Of New Classbase And Cloakroom
The Townley School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, PE149NA
Received 21 May 1996 - ApproveH/5009/15/CW
Extension to Waste Recycling Building, reconfiguration of Waste Transfer Station site and extension to hours of operation
Mick George Ltd, Meadow Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 4YQ
Received 26 Nov 2015 - ApproveE/3007/16/CC
Extensions to the college to provide 3938 sqm of additional floorspace consisting of 22 new classrooms (including music and drama studio), 9 music practice rooms, 3 staff offices, 2 staff preparation rooms, additional changing rooms, widening corridors, erection of a new corridor link, alterations to the existing building including relocation of main school and community entrance with new canopy and covered canopies; relocation and rebuilding of 219 sqm of greenhouse/outbuildings; external alterations to create new access from Lode Road to serve the new staff car and coach park, traffic barriers to car park, formation of bin store, alterations to the external landscape areas, secure fencing and associated infrastructure; and demolition of 386 sqm floorspace to accommodate the new development.
Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DL
Received 24 Sept 2016 - ApproveS/00594/94/CC
Erection Of A 3-Bay Mobile Classroom
Milton C.P. School, Butt Lane
Received 25 Apr 1994 - ApproveH/5009/19/CW
Section 73 planning application for retention of four portable buildings and one shipping container used as site offices, restroom and ancillary storage provision, and car park without compliance with conditions 3b and 3c of planning permission H/05040/09/CW to extend the time limit until 31 December 2035 (and without occupancy restrictions previously restricted by Conditions 2a,2b, and 2c of planning permission H/05023/08/CW).
Buckden Recycling Centre And Civic Amenity Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5UH
Received 10 Jul 2019 - ApproveCCC/22/063/DCON
Application to discharge Condition 3 - External Lighting, Condition 5 - Drainage, Condition 11 - Noise, Condition 13 - Woodland Management Plan, Condition 14 - Protection of Trees During Construction, Condition 15 - Traffic Management Plan of planning permission S/0096/18/CW for Erection of building for use as office, workshop, and depollution of vehicles with ancillary storage and an open sided building over the existing vehicle crushing pad together with security staff portable building and associated drainage works, following demolition of existing buildings and removal of existing temporary building
Charlton Recycled Autoparts, Gravel Pitt Hill, Thriplow, Herts , SG8 7HZ
Received 7 Jun 2022 - ApproveS/01368/94/CC
Erection Of A 2-Bay Mobile Classroom
Dry Drayton C Of E School, Park Street
Received 18 Aug 1994 - ApproveS/00040/82/CC
Construction Of Bus Layby And Entrance Road
Comberton Village College, Toft
Received 27 Jan 1982 - ApproveF/02016/11/CW
Variation of condition 4 of planning permission F/02000/08/CW to enable storage and processing of metal wastes on external concrete pad
Lodge Farm, Knights End Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0YN
Received 27 Oct 2011 - ApproveH/01424/98/CW
Proposed Centre For Recycling Of Waste Materials For Re-Use
New Farm, Cambridge Road, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 21 Sept 1998 - ApproveCCC/25/072/DOR
Application to discharge Requirement 09(2)(a)(iv) of the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation DCO: Detailed Construction Wildlife Hazard Management Plan
Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 27 May 2025 - ApproveH/01138/83/CC
Erection Of 12-Bay ""Elliott"" Mobile Classroom
Huntingdon Technical College, St. Neots Wing, Almond Road
Received 23 Aug 1983 - ApproveH/00069/04/CW
Certificate of Lawfulness for vehicle salvage and breaking yard.
Land At, Unit 10, Willow Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 12 Jan 2004
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What these statistics cover
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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