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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 14 May 1986Fulbourn CP School, School Lane, Fulbourn
Received 8 Jan 1999Elm Road CP School, Elm Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 20 Oct 199910, New Road, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 10 Jul 2003Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane
Received 13 Jan 1992Kings Dyke Brickworks, Peterborough Rd. Whittlesey
Received 24 Mar 1981Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 29 Apr 1991Land At, Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 29 Jun 2004Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge
Received 7 Jan 1986Westfield School, Ramsey Road, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RB
Received 22 Oct 1996Godmanchester Landfill Site, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, PE29 8EJ
Received 17 Nov 2021Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE175TQ
Received 10 Jul 1978Land At Histon & Impington Junior School, The Green, Histon, Cambridge, CB4 4JA
Received 6 Nov 2002Wilburton Primary School, Carpond Lane, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RJ
Received 24 Apr 202462A High Street
Received 27 Jul 1987Land At, Unit BU10, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 5 Jul 200468 Elm Road, March
Received 26 Jan 1999Adult Training Centre, Marwick Road, March, PE15
Received 14 Nov 1986North Fen Sutton Gault, The Gault, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 8 Jan 1999Adjacent South Of Barleycroft Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 16 Jul 1980Land At, Addenbrookes Access Road, Hauxton Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 27 Feb 2006Land At, Willingham Library, Church Street, Willingham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 11 Nov 2005Dimmocks Cote Quarry, Stretham Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7 5XL
Received 29 Nov 2017Primary School, South Of High Street, Foxton
Received 12 Jun 1998Records 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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