Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Icknield C.P. School, Lynton Way
Received 23 May 1990The Pathfinder Church Of England Primary School, Pathfinder Way, Northstowe, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1AA
Received 26 Sept 2019Land At, Gates Hydraulics Ltd, Station Road, St Neots
Received 22 Nov 2004Land At Goodwin Farm, 1 Heath Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LA
Received 4 Jun 2021Household Waste And Recycling Centre, Hundred Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 8QN
Received 9 Sept 2022Sawtry Junior Academy, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28 5SH
Received 22 Jun 2021Land Opposite Hillcrest Farm, Toseland Road, Graveley, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 12 Dec 1991Ely Primary School, Land To The North Of Cam Drive And The South Of King Edgar Close, CB6 2WH
Received 4 Sept 2015City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 2SH
Received 17 May 1982Not Known
Received 31 Dec 1995Swavesey Primary School, Middle Watch, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RN
Received 27 Oct 2015Land Adjoining 20 Whitmore Street, Whittlesey
Received 5 Aug 1977March Waste Transfer Station, Melbourne Avenue, March, PE15 0EN
Received 5 Jan 2016Land Adj Home Close Off Pierce Lane, Fulbourn
Received 29 Dec 1995Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 26 Sept 1975Land At, Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 18 Mar 2005Land Off Spooner's Drove, Prickwillow Road, Isleham, Ely, CB7
Received 1 Dec 1997Donkeys Common, Mill Road/Gonville Place Junction, Cambridge
Received 12 Mar 1984Land At British Racing School, Newmarket Road, Snailwell
Received 27 Jan 2010Melbourn Primary School, Mortlock Street, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6DB
Received 18 Jan 2018Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 23 Sept 1975Queens Court Old Peoples Home, Downing Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 28 May 1992Plasgran, Manea Road, Wimblington, March, PE15 0PE
Received 16 Jan 2019Land At Ermine Street, Papworth Everard
Received 9 Jan 1980Records 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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