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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Abbey College, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE26 1DG
Received 12 Feb 2009Travellers Site, Black Drove, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE13
Received 4 Jun 1992Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 2HS
Received 17 Jun 1991Elm C Of E Junior School, Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE140AG
Received 24 Dec 1997Land Off, Melbourne Avenue, March Trading Estate, March, Cambs
Received 9 Jun 2008Land At Toll Bar Spinney, Great North Road, Stibbington, Peterborough, PE8
Received 2 May 1959Plantation Quarry, 75 Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 0NX
Received 27 Nov 2019North Angle Farm, Angle Common, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HX
Received 9 Jul 2020Land At, Barnabas Oley Primary School, Middle Street, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19
Received 23 May 2006Abbey Meadows School, Garfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND
Received 2 Mar 2010Sutton C Of E (V C) Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6 2PU
Received 27 Mar 2015Wilburton C Of E School, Wilburton Village
Received 14 Sept 1999195 Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 19 Nov 2001Land To The North/north-west Of Hauxton Road (A10), To The North-west And North Of Junction 11 Of The M11 And To The West Of Cambridge Road (A10) CB22 5HT (within The Parish Of Hauxton And Partly Within The Parish Of South Trumpington).
Received 17 Jul 2025City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 2SH
Received 4 Jul 1996Bar Hill C.P. School, Gladeside
Received 10 Aug 1992Land At: Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, PE28
Received 18 Jul 2007Lantern School, Nene Road, Ely, CB6 2WL
Received 26 Aug 2017Land At Harston And Newton CP School, High Street, Harston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 27 Nov 2000Land East Of A1 Trunk Road, A1, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 29 Oct 1997Benwick Primary School , High Street, Benwick, PE15 0XA
Received 7 Aug 2024Christs College Farm, Church Street, Whaddon, Royston, SG8
Received 23 Sept 1985The Weatheralls CP School, Pratt Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5BH
Received 7 Mar 1980Westry AD Plant, Wisbech Road, March, PE15 0BA
Received 15 Mar 2016Records 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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