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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 15 Mar 2017Land Adjacent To Camp Garage, Sawtry Way, Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Received 10 Nov 2011Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 17 Aug 1998Benwick County Primary School, High Street, Benwick
Received 26 Apr 2000Duxford Church Of England Community Primary School, St Johns Street, Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4RA
Received 11 Jul 2022Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 9 Apr 1987Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 14 Jun 1979Charlton Recycled Autoparts Ltd, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 7HZ
Received 20 Jul 2022Land At: Brookfield Business Centre, Twenty Pence Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 9 Jul 2007Land At, Ernulf School, Barford Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 14 May 2002Warboys Landfill Site (Clay Stockpile), Station Road, March, Huntingdon
Received 2 May 2008Highfield School, Downham Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire. CB6 1BD
Received 13 Sept 2010Fenstanton Sand And Gravel Pit (South), Mill Road, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 9 Apr 1979St Neots Sewage Treatment Works, Huntingdon Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Jan 2009Willow Hall Farm, Hillrow Causeway, Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3PA
Received 20 Sept 2021Hardwick C.P. School, Limes Road
Received 4 Apr 1996Playing Field, Rear Of Metcalfe Road, Cambridge
Received 14 Mar 1978Holywell School, Mill Way, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE173TF
Received 12 Jul 1988Manea CP School, Station Road, Manea, March, PE15
Received 29 Aug 1986Little Thetford CP School, Green Hill, Little Thetford, Ely, CB6 3HD
Received 13 Feb 1997Guilden Morden C.P. School, Pound Green
Received 5 May 1992Thomas Eaton Primary School, Church Street, Wimblington, March, PE15
Received 20 Aug 1992Littleport Community Primary School, Parsons Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1JT
Received 10 Apr 2025Buckden STW, Stirtloe Lane, Buckden, Cambridgeshire
Received 19 Nov 2008Records 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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