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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.
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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Holywell C Of E School, Mill Way, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 13 Mar 2001Castle Hill House, Huntingdon
Received 26 Mar 1981Woodhatch Farm, Thrapston Road, Ellington, Huntingdon, PE28 0AE
Received 22 Dec 2008Littleport Village College, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 17 Jun 1975Linton Village College
Received 17 May 1977Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (X), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 23 Dec 1959Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 12 Mar 1992Medworth Efw Chp Facility, 40 Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2TQ
Received 23 Apr 2026Rackham C E Primary School, Main Street, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2HQ
Received 14 Nov 2025Cheveley Ce School, High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, CB8 9DG
Received 25 Oct 1989Police Station, Dovehouse Close, St. Neots
Received 3 Oct 1975Land Within Curtilage Of 97-103 Cambridge Road
Received 12 Nov 1987St Peter's School, St Peter's Road, Huntingdon
Received 15 Nov 1976Land At, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB4
Received 10 Jun 2005Goldstar, Lodge Farm, Knights End Road, March, Cambridgeshire
Received 30 Mar 2018The Old Station, Station Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7
Received 18 Jun 1997Land At Burleigh Hill, St.Ives
Received 22 Nov 1979Land At, Priory Park Infant School, Almond Road, St Neots, PE19
Received 30 Oct 2006Barleycroft Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Bluntisham Road, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 24 Feb 1999Land Off Stirling Way, Witchford Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6
Received 17 Nov 2008Adjacent South East Of Steeple Morden Chalk Pit (1), Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 14 Mar 1966Land At, The Scrapyard, Fordham Road, Snailwell, Newmarket, CB8
Received 28 Jan 1980Central No 1 Pit, Whittlesey
Received 27 Apr 1979Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 21 Nov 2017Records 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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