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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 27 Aug 1975Land North Of A505 And East Of, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 23 Jun 1993Millfield Primary School, Grange Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 2 Aug 2006Primary School Off, Parkway, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 29 Jan 2001Bassingbourn Village College, Brook Road, Bassingbourn
Received 7 Jun 1979Coated Roadstone Plant (Retention) At Little Paxton Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 27 Jul 1989Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit (Vii), Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 Oct 1980Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9DL
Received 19 Jul 2019Medworth Efw Chp Facility, Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2TQ
Received 25 Jun 2025Land At, The Orchards Primary School, Cherry Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 22 Sept 2004Land At, Meadow CP School, High Street, Balsham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 29 Jan 2002Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE188AG
Received 9 Mar 1994Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 21 Jun 1989Spaldwick County Primary School, Ferriman Road, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 13 Nov 1985Rectory Farm, Godmanchester
Received 15 May 1974Warboys Landfill Site, Station Road, Warboys, PE28 2TX
Received 19 Sept 2011Trumpington Park And Ride, Hauxton Road, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2
Received 3 Apr 2000Land North Of 1A, Beggars Bridge, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 29 Mar 2001Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 15 Dec 1995Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 8 Apr 1986Thriplow Scrap Yard, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, SG8
Received 9 Apr 1996Land At, Hartford County Infants School, Mayfield Crescent, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 24 Sept 2004Envar Composting Ltd , St Ives Road, Somersham, PE28 3BS
Received 4 Sept 2019Mepal Quarry, Block Fen Drove, Mepal, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2AY
Received 29 Nov 2011Records 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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