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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Xviii), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 8 Jun 1977Millfield CP School, Grange Lane, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1HW
Received 27 Feb 1992Chalk Storage Building Within Steeple Morden Chalk Pit (1), Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 1 Sept 1975Barnabas Oley C Of E Primary School, Little Lane, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19
Received 30 Aug 1979Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit, Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 12 May 2000Land To The North/north-west Of Hauxton Road (A10), To The North-west And North Of Junction 11 Of The M11 And To The West Of Cambridge Road (A10) CB22 5HT (within The Parish Of Hauxton And Partly Within The Parish Of South Trumpington).
Received 7 Jan 2025Barrington Cement Plant, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 20 Aug 2019Longsands Community College, St. Neots
Received 14 Feb 1985Building 2, Former Rifle Range Building For Ministry Of Defence, Waterbeach Barracks, Denny End Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PA
Received 24 Aug 2017County Primary School, The Fold, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
Received 15 Jan 1986Bassingbourn Primary School, 43 Brook Road, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5NP
Received 12 May 2023Land At Thongsley C P Infants School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 14 Sept 1999Histon And Impington Junior School, The Green, Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9JA
Received 31 Jan 2020Murrow County Primary School, Murrow Bank, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE134HD
Received 10 Aug 1979Land At Burrough Green C E (C) Primary School, Burrough Green
Received 17 Sept 2001Littleport Village College, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 3 Nov 1986Grass Verge South Of Roundabout, Station Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Oct 2017Crosshall Prim. School, GT.North Rd. Eaton Socon
Received 21 Jan 1986Duxford Church Of England Community Primary School, St Johns Street, Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4RA
Received 22 Mar 2023Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 5 Nov 1985South Of Worsted Lodge, A11, Little Abington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3AX
Received 27 Jan 2018Land At, Lady Adrian Special School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4
Received 11 Jun 2003Great Staughton C P School, Causeway, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194BA
Received 29 Mar 1989North West Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (1), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 14 Sept 1972Records 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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