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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Manea STW, Off East Street, Manea, Cambridgeshire
Received 24 Mar 2009Ramsey County Junior School, Station Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171JA
Received 29 Mar 1989County Primary School, Gladeside, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8DY
Received 30 Jul 2009The Car Park Area Unit B1-B5, The Science Park, Cambridge Road, Melbourn, Royston, SG8
Received 7 Nov 1994Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 5 Apr 1993Land At, Whittlesey Sewage Treatment Works, Aliwal Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 11 Feb 2004Kingsfield Primary School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16 6ET
Received 4 May 2016Offord CP School, Off, High Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 14 Jun 1979Queens School, Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE132SE
Received 5 Mar 1975Barrington Quarry, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 20 Jan 2015South West Of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Between Robinson Way And Addenbrooke's Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Received 21 Nov 2012Gravel Diggers Farm, Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PG
Received 9 Jan 2013Kennett Sand And Gravel Pit (II), Dane Hill Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 6 Nov 1997Land At Coton C.E. Primary School, Whitwell Way, Coton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 28 Apr 2000Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Received 20 Jan 1982Land West Of Cambourne
Received 28 Jul 2014Soham Lode Clay Pit, Between Lillte Bank Drove And, A142, Soham
Received 5 Dec 1980CCC Depot, Witchford Road, Ely, CB6
Received 19 Apr 1991Morley Memorial Primary School, 91 Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1 7TX
Received 16 May 1988Octavia Hill Centre, Victoria Road, Wisbech
Received 10 Oct 1980Household Waste And Recycling Centre, Hundred Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 8QN
Received 20 Dec 2023Hauxton Primary School, Jopling Way, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HY
Received 10 Jun 2014Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 17 Mar 1980Sutton C Of E County Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 26 Apr 1990Records 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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