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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Queen Mary Centre, Queens Road, Wisbech
Received 28 Nov 2008Land At: Alconbury Church Of England Primary School, School Lane, Alconbury, Cambridge
Received 9 Nov 2007Isleham C Of E School, Malting Lane, Isleham, Ely, CB7 5RZ
Received 28 May 1992C E School, Hay Street, Steeple Morden
Received 29 Jan 1981Land South Of Georges Thorns Near Thrapston, A14
Received 3 Apr 1990Land At Former 'Baker Youngs' Nursery Site, Manea Road, Wimblington, PE15
Received 13 Mar 2008Aliwal Manor Old Peoples Home, Turners Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1EH
Received 18 Sept 1985Bottisham Primary School, Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, CB25 9BE
Received 5 Feb 2021Land Adj. Elm Way/Athlone Close
Received 16 Jun 1995Land At, Stanton House, Stanton Way, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 28 Jun 2002Elm C Of E Junior School, Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE140AG
Received 15 Mar 1994Soham County Junior School, Townsend, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 14 Jun 1988Land At, Fen Drayton Primary School, Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 12 Dec 2003Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 16 Apr 1998Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Vii), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 13 Mar 1961Land Within Barrington Cement Works, Chapel Hill, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB3
Received 1 May 1987Duxford Church Of England Community Primary School, St Johns Street, Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4RA
Received 18 Jul 2023Wicken CP School, North Street, Wicken, Ely, CB7 5XW
Received 29 Nov 1991Land At, St Nicholas Church, Church Street, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, CB1
Received 22 Apr 2004Linton Village College, Linton
Received 9 Jan 1985The Clock Tower, Houghton
Received 22 Feb 1993Land At, Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 16 Sept 2005Buckden Landfill Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, St Neots, PE19 5UH
Received 6 Mar 2019Stretham Primary School, Wood Lane, Stretham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3JN
Received 9 Jun 2022Records 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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