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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JA
Received 30 Apr 1986Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xxix), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 7 Aug 1995Land North Of Newmarket Road, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Received 19 Nov 2021Land Adjacent To Royston Sewage Treatment Works, A505, Melbourn, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5JT
Received 21 Mar 2014Alderman Jacobs School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 11 Jun 1992Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 14 Dec 2000Land At, Witcham Meadlands Quarry, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 12 Jan 2005Girton Glebe Primary School, Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0PN
Received 27 Nov 2013March Landfill Site Revised Position, Hundred Road, March, PE15
Received 18 Oct 1993Park Lane GM Primary School, Park Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1JB
Received 27 May 1987Linton Village College, Linton
Received 31 Mar 197661 Old North Road, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth
Received 20 Jan 1977Stretham Primary School, Berry Close, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3JP
Received 1 Jun 1993Os 4049, Litlington Road, Steeple Morden
Received 6 Nov 1980Great Chishill Windmill, Barley Road
Received 10 Jul 1996Land At Buchan Street
Received 9 Jun 1987Sutton C Of E County Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 15 Jan 19881-2 Museum Square, Wisbech
Received 14 Mar 1991Rear Of GT Shelford C E School
Received 7 Nov 1979Grove Primary School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
Received 2 Mar 1988Land At Goodwin Farm, 1 Heath Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LA
Received 19 Oct 2021The Townley School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, PE149NA
Received 15 Apr 1980Winhills County Infant & Junior School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192DX
Received 6 Mar 1989Cambridge Professional Development Centre, Foster Road, Cambridge, CB2 9NL.
Received 8 Dec 2021Records 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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