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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Huntingdon Primary School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE29 1AD
Received 23 Nov 2015PT Osp 0211, Bridge Street, Whaddon
Received 24 Nov 1980Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 25 Jun 2016Land Adj. 27 Cambridge Road
Received 13 Jan 1992William Westley C Of E School, Mill Lane
Received 1 Apr 1992Land To The South Of The A605 (Peterborough Road) From A Point 480 Metres West To 435 Metres East Of The Kings Dyke Level Crossing
Received 22 Dec 2021Part Osp 9514, First Drove
Received 12 Aug 1986Parkside Community College, Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1EH
Received 10 Nov 1992Romsey Junior School, Coleridge Road, Cambridge, CB1 3PH
Received 17 Oct 1986Brick Packaging Building At Beebys Brickworks, Broadway, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 19 May 1989Land At Block Fen , Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2AY
Received 24 Jul 2023Kennett CP School, Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 26 Feb 1991St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 26 Sept 1975Wyton County Infant School, Cambridge Square, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE172JB
Received 20 Dec 1989Rees Thomas School, Downhams Lane, Cambridge, CB4 1YB
Received 12 Aug 1999New Road CP School, New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1SZ
Received 30 Oct 1992Land At, Donarbon Ltd, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 17 Mar 2003Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 24 Mar 2017VR Parts Ltd, 229 March Road, Coates, Cambs, PE7 2DE
Received 27 Jul 2020Unit 7, Oak Court, Willow Road, The Lakes Business Park, Fenstanton, Huntingon, PE28 9RB
Received 16 Mar 2021Swaffham Bulbeck Primary School, High Street, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB5 0LX
Received 12 Jun 1997Former Hereward Comprehensive School, Robingoodfellows Lane, March, PE15
Received 31 Jul 1986Brampton Quarry
Received 11 Mar 1981Pendragon Community Primary School, Varrier Jones Drive, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, CB23 3XQ
Received 29 Jan 2010Records 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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