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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Steeple Morden C Of E School, 7 Hay Street
Received 9 Sept 1993Fen Ditton CP School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton
Received 14 Jun 1999Weatheralls School, Pratt Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5BH
Received 11 Aug 2010Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Vi), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 25 Jan 1966Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xii), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 12 Jan 1979Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Iv), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 22 Dec 1958Land To The South Of Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, CB6 2AY
Received 10 Nov 2018Yard 1, 35 Benwick Road, Whittlesey, PE7 2HD
Received 22 Feb 2013GT Wilbraham Primary School, Church Street, GT Wilbraham
Received 14 Jun 1999Land At, The Octagon, Shire Hall, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3
Received 19 Jan 2006Lyons Farm Reservoirs, Wimblington Road, Manea, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0JZ
Received 17 Oct 2022Mepal C.P. School, Brangehill Lane
Received 26 Apr 1990Land Between 149 Cavalry Drive & 151 Cavalry Park, March
Received 30 Mar 1999Land At, March Sewage Treatment Works, Creek Road, March, PE15
Received 23 Dec 2004South Of High Holborn Lodge Sillica Quarry, Wansford Road, Elton, Peterborough, PE8
Received 29 Oct 1979Land At Lady Adrian Special School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4
Received 20 Aug 200131A And 31B , Aaron Road, Vandens, Whittlesey, PE7 2EX
Received 21 Jan 2019Clarkson Infants & St Peters Junior Schools, Trafford Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 31 Jul 1989County Primary School, The Fold, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
Received 28 Apr 1983Land At, Dimmock's Cote Quarry, Stretham Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7
Received 26 Aug 2005Bushmea County Primary School, Eaton Socon, Huntingdon
Received 8 Jan 1975Kingsfield Primary School, Burnsfield Street, Chatteris
Received 5 Nov 2007North West Of Wyton Sand And Gravel Pit, Huntingdon Road, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 27 Jan 1955Sutton C Of E County Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 23 Jan 1987Records 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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