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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stretham Primary School, Berry Close, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3JP
Received 3 Aug 1988Land At, Brampton Junior School, The Green, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 20 May 2003County Council Offices, Sackville House, High Street, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6HL
Received 11 Jun 2020Land To The South Of The Existing A605 (Peterborough Road)
Received 27 Jan 2021Huntingdon County Junior & Infant School Including Nursery, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE187AD
Received 30 Aug 1979Castle Camps C Of E [Cont] School, Bartlow Road
Received 6 Nov 1991Queens Court Old Peoples Home, Downing Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 27 Feb 1998Adult Training Centre, Marwick Road, March, PE15
Received 26 May 1988Land At Roughs Farm, Sawtry
Received 4 Feb 1997Prickwillow CP School, Main Street, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7
Received 12 Nov 1976Land To The South Of Ely Between Angel Drove & Stuntney Causeway
Received 24 Jan 2017Woodhatch Farm Recycling Centre, Thrapston Road, Ellington, PE28 4NJ
Received 21 Feb 2019Land At Chesterton Sidings, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Jul 2013Chesterton Community College Academy, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 5NY
Received 27 Aug 2019Land At March Landfill, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 12 Dec 2000Land At, Colleges Nursery/Arbury Community Centre, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 6 May 2005Land Southeast Of Coton Sewage Treatment Works, Including Land Part Of Coton Countryside Reserve And Land Either Side Of Grantchester Road
Received 15 Dec 2023Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 12 Nov 1993Wisbeach Civic Amenity Site, Boleness Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 20 Feb 1992Land At, The Lanterns Primary School, Nene Road, Ely
Received 3 Mar 2005Upware Field Studies Centre, Upware, Ely, CB7
Received 14 Jun 1990Townley Primary School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, PE14 9NA
Received 6 Apr 2017Rees Thomas School, Hawkins Road, Cambridge
Received 28 Jan 2000North West Of Woolpack Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Cambridge Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 28 Feb 1963Records 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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