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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hardwick Community School, Limes Road
Received 3 Feb 1993Land To The South Of Ely Between Angel Drove & Stuntney Causeway
Received 17 Mar 2018Land At Pitt Farm Inert Waste Recycling And Landfill Site, Little Paxton.
Received 11 Mar 2004Westons Yard, Ramsey Road, Pondersbridge, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE26 2TW
Received 13 May 2022Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 28 Oct 1977Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiii), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 22 Mar 1972Bassingbourn Primary School, 43 Brook Road, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5NP
Received 17 Aug 2000Catworth Clay Pit, B663, Catworth
Received 28 Oct 1991Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 5 Jul 1982Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 23 Jan 1987Cambridge Pet Crematorium, Newmarket Road, Thriplow, Royston, SG8 7RR
Received 19 Feb 2026Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 10 Jun 1997East Of And North East Of Bassenhally Sand And Gravel Pit, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 28 Mar 1961The Green Hedges Special School, Bar Lane, Stapleford
Received 11 Apr 1984Elm C Of E Junior School, Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE140AG
Received 29 Jun 1978Webbs Yard, Six Mile Bottom Road, West Wratting, Cambridge, CB1
Received 17 Apr 2000Fulbourn Primary School, School Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5BH
Received 31 Jan 2017PT Os Field Adj A14, Whaddon
Received 17 May 1977Land At The Lots (E485 N476), Long Drove, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 21 Jun 1991Orchard Court Junior Training Centre, Money Bank, Wisbech, PE13
Received 19 Apr 1989The Village College, Melbourn
Received 19 Apr 1984S. Boak Commercials, Station Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7
Received 24 Mar 1997Somersham Sewage Treatment Works, Colne Road, Somersham, Cambridgeshire PE28 3DQ
Received 24 Mar 2009Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE188AG
Received 5 Mar 1985Records 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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