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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Rear Of 343, St. Neots Road, Hardwick, Cambridge, CB3
Received 5 Nov 1997Land At: Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Cambridge, CB7
Received 23 Jul 2007Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Ix), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 15 Jun 1965Shire Hall, Castle Hill
Received 14 Apr 1992Junction Of A1307 Babraham Road With Haverhill Road / And The Access To Gog Farm Shop Heath Farm Shelford CB22 3AD, (within The Parish Of Stapleford).
Received 22 May 2020Land Adjacent New Access Roundabout To Cambourne Off A428, Broad Street, Cambourne, St. Neots
Received 23 Sept 1998Warboys CP School, Humberdale Way, Warboys, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 9 Jun 1975Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 22 Oct 2001Colville CP School, Church Lane, Newton, Wisbech, PE13
Received 29 Aug 1986Holywell School, Mill Way, Needingworth, St. Ives, PE27 4TF
Received 6 Mar 2014St. Matthews Primary School, Norfolk Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LD
Received 10 Mar 1980Land between Ada Lovelace Rd & M11, Cambridge. Along Whitwell Way, Coton, to Long Rd. South over Bin Brook, parallel east side of Long Rd to Barton Rd, then parallel north side of Barton Rd to Barton Ct, Comberton
Received 22 Jan 2026Coleridge Community College, Radegund Road, Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
Received 18 Jun 2001Land At, Foxton Primary School, Station Road, Foxton, Cambridge, CB2
Received 29 Oct 2001Mobile Class Rooms At Spring Commin Special School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 4 May 1999Between Devonshire Road And Rustat Road
Received 27 Sept 1988Chatteris Old Library Youth Centre, New Road, Chatteris
Received 29 Jun 1977Stetchworth Road
Received 27 Jul 1989Burwell House, 46 North Street, Burwell, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0BB
Received 1 Mar 2005Former Hereward Comprehensive School, Robingoodfellows Lane, March, PE15
Received 10 Sept 1990Land At. Hundreds Farm, Langwood Fen, Chatteris, PE16
Received 19 Mar 2002St Bede's Inter-Church School, Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD
Received 6 Sept 2017St. Andrews C Of E Junior School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5AA
Received 24 Mar 1995Land At, Boughton Lodge Water Sports Club, Little Paxton, Cambs
Received 13 Apr 2004Records 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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