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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 19 Mar 1986The Beechwoods, Shelford Caius Farm, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1
Received 17 Sept 1986Clay Street
Received 28 Oct 1991Sports & Leisure Centre, Camel Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1EW
Received 25 May 2017Land At, Household Waste Recycling Centre, Huntingdon Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 14 Nov 2008Adjacent South West Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (2), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 11 Jun 2001Land At, Isleham (C Of E) Primary School, Malting Lane, Isleham, Ely, CB7
Received 21 Nov 2005Wilburton Primary School, Carpond Lane, Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RJ
Received 15 Jan 1988Warboys Library, High Street, Warboys, PE28 2TA
Received 23 Feb 2019Part Of Plough Farm, Oxholme Drove, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 16 Jan 1992Queens Girls School, Queens Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 3 Apr 1989West Of Land Adjacent South Of Orton Brickworks, Orton Malborne, Peterborough, PE2
Received 24 Jul 1985Land At, Sawtry Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28 5SH
Received 23 Jan 2004Dimmocks Cote Quarry, Stretham Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7 5XL
Received 25 Oct 2018Tyre Store Off, Elean Business Park, Sutton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6
Received 12 Oct 1981The Weatheralls CP School, Pratt Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5BH
Received 2 Mar 1999Clarkson Infants School, Trafford Road, Wisbech, PE13 2ES
Received 8 Dec 2014Wilburton Primary School, Carpond Lane, Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RJ
Received 19 Oct 1984St Matthews Primary School, 19 Norfolk Street, Cambridge CB1 2DL
Received 13 Mar 2012Osps 0081 And 0064 Meadow Drove
Received 28 Jun 1989Land At Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 25 May 2000Land At Hollyhouse Farm, Byall Fen Drove, Horseway, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6XQ
Received 25 Jun 2013Middlefield CP School, Andrew Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 11 Nov 1998Tillicoultry Quarries Ltd Coated Stone Plant, Queen Adelaide Way, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4UB
Received 15 Mar 2024Records 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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