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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.
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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manea Community School, Station Road, Manea
Received 21 Oct 1986Land At Spring Meadow Infant School High Barns, Ely
Received 15 Mar 2007Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 18 Aug 1981Land At, Samuel Pepys Special School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 11 Nov 2005Little Paxton CP School, Gordon Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194NG
Received 24 Jan 1975Dove House Close
Received 29 Jul 1988Cavalry Primary School, Cavalry Drive, March, PE15
Received 6 Nov 1991Part Of Field Os 4000 To North West Of Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton
Received 22 Sept 2004Cheveley
Received 28 Nov 1980Land At, Secondary Student Support Unit, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 14 Feb 2006Lady Adrian School, Courtney Way, Cambridge, CB4 2EE
Received 16 Dec 1993Proposed LPG Vessel At Dimmocks Cote Quarry, Stretham Road, Wicken, Ely, CB7
Received 12 Feb 1985Kneesworth House, Kneesworth
Received 31 Jul 1974Land At: Woolpack Farm,Hemingford Grey, Cambridge
Received 29 Aug 2007Wyton County Infant School, Cambridge Square, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE172JB
Received 4 Oct 1976Cambridge Central Library, Lion Yard, Cambridge
Received 9 Dec 1998Manea Community Primary School , Station Road, Manea, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0HA
Received 10 Oct 2023Park Lane GM Primary School, Park Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1JB
Received 20 Sept 1984Anstee Farm, Blackpit Drove, Willingham
Received 10 Sept 1975Knobbs Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Fen Lane, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 13 Sept 1963Downham Feoffees School, Main Street, Little Downham, Ely, CB6 2ST
Received 2 Nov 1977Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 13 Oct 2021Land Adjacent To Millwood Bungalow, Meadow Drove, Earith, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 29 Jun 1989Queen Edith County Primary School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP
Received 17 Dec 1980Records 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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