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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Grunty Fen Recycling Centre, Grunty Fen Road, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 2JE
Received 19 Mar 2009Envar Composting Ltd. The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, PE28 3BS
Received 16 Apr 2018Land At, Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 17 Feb 2004Townley Primary School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 9NA
Received 9 Dec 2025Overhills County Primary School, Newtown, Kimbolton, Huntingdon, PE180HY
Received 3 Jun 1998Somerset Farm, Anaerobic Digestion Plant, Cants Drove, Murrow, PE13 4HN
Received 18 Mar 2025Land At Ashbeach Primary School, Ashbeach Road, Ramsey St. Marys, Ramsey
Received 27 Jul 2006Church Street
Received 5 Feb 1996Godmanchester Primary School, Park Lane
Received 3 May 1990Dawson Plant Hire, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4QJ
Received 4 Dec 2025Holywell School, Mill Way, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE173TF
Received 9 Nov 1989In Barrington C Of E Primary School Land-With, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, CB2
Received 25 Apr 2001Herods Farm, Foxton
Received 15 Apr 1975Brampton Village School, The Green, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4RS
Received 12 May 2015Land At Orton, London Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 27 Feb 1997North East Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (1), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 19 Feb 1974Land At Burrowmoor School, Burrowmoor Road, March
Received 16 Jan 2009Witcham Meadlands Quarry, CB6 2AY
Received 14 May 2021Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 13 Jul 2017Must Farm & King's Dyke (PT)
Received 6 Mar 1992Mepal Quarry, Block Fen, Chatteris, CB6 2AY
Received 2 Apr 2016Land Adjacent Former Railway Sidings, Station Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 2 Nov 1976Land At Barnabas Oley C Of E School, Middle Street, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19
Received 15 Nov 2000Dimmock's Cote Quarry, Stretham Road, Wicken, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5XL
Received 12 Jul 2012Records 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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