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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Stretham Primary School, Berry Close, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3JP
Received 29 Nov 1991Land To The North Of Cam Drive & South Of King Edgar Close, Ely, CB6 2WH
Received 7 Oct 2015Roger Ascham Library Depot, Ascham Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2BD
Received 28 Sept 2021St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 2 Feb 1981Kennett Primary School, 98 Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 7QQ
Received 22 Dec 2025Materials Recycling Facility, Station Farm Landfill Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire
Received 28 Oct 2025Army Cadet Building, Soham Village College, Soham
Received 11 Feb 1983Alconbury Airfield, Ermine Street, Little Stukeley, PE28 4WX
Received 20 May 2015Burnsfield Infs & King Edward Jun School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16
Received 6 Jul 1989Kennett Primary School, Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket CB8
Received 4 Jun 2008Land At, Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal
Received 29 Nov 2007Land At, Eynesbury Ce Primary School, Montagu Street, Eynesbury, St. Neots, PE19
Received 9 Dec 2004Adjacent South East Of Margetts Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 16 Oct 1964South East Of Eldernell Sand And Gravel Pit, Eldernell Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 15 Jun 1983Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
Received 3 Jun 2017Land Adjacent To Milton Household Waste Recycling Centre, Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Mar 2026Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Received 15 Jul 1982Highfield Littleport Academy , Elmside, Littleport, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1LJ
Received 16 Jul 2024Huntingdonshire College, California Road
Received 18 Mar 1992North Angle Farm, Angle Common, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HX
Received 6 Jul 2023Police House No 1, Thrapston Road, Catworth
Received 25 Apr 1977Murrow County Primary School, 73 Murrow Bank, Parson Drove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE134HD
Received 22 Mar 2000Glebe Land Behind St.Mary's Church, Swaffham Bulbeck
Received 27 Nov 1997Land Adjacent, The Carrops, Freckenham
Received 17 Nov 1993Records 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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