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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 17 Aug 1992Block Fen Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, CB6 2AY
Received 17 Aug 2015Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 29 Mar 1989The Scrapyard, Chiswick End, Meldreth, Royston, SG8
Received 24 Aug 1998Steeple Morden C.E. School, 7 Hay Street
Received 10 May 1996Land At Buxhall Farm, Glebe Way, Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9HW
Received 17 Apr 2020Mick George (Haulage) Ltd, Second Drove, St. Ives, PE27 4YQ
Received 14 Jun 2018Land At, Kennett Hall Farm, Dane Hill, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 8 Feb 2014Raising Of Roof Level At Steeple Morden Chalk Pit (1), Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 4 Dec 1984Littleport Sewage Treatment Works, Littleport, Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Jul 2013Areas F And G London Brick Company, London Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 27 Oct 1965Wilbraham Chalk Pit, Mill Road, Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4HH
Received 29 Jan 2020Plasgran, Manea Road, Wimblington, March, PE15 0PE
Received 6 Apr 2018East Of Steeple Morden Chalk Pit (1), Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 30 May 1969Land At, Stanton House, Stanton Way, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 15 May 2002Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2JA
Received 19 Jul 2011Land At 254, Histon Road, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 21 Aug 1996Buildings 110 & 118 Alconbury Airfield, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE28 4DE
Received 26 Jul 2012Babraham C Of E School, High Street
Received 3 May 1995Harston & Newton C.P. School, High Street
Received 6 Nov 1996Former County Primary School, High Street, Shepreth
Received 4 May 1983Plasgran Ltd, Manea Road, Wimblington, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0PE
Received 29 Feb 2012Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Apr 2025Land At, Woolpack Farm, Cambridge Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 19 Dec 2004Records 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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