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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Milton Household Waste Recycling Centre, Butt Lane, Milton, CB24 6DQ
Received 13 Dec 2021Opposite Village College, Parsons Lane, Littleport
Received 5 Aug 1977Land To The West Of Mepal Sand And Gravel Pit, Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 27 Jan 1964Station Street, Chatteris
Received 20 Sept 1984Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 8 May 1990Fortescue Road/Mansel Way, Arbury Estate, Cambridge
Received 25 Jun 1974Low Lying Land Off, Bluntisham Heath Road, Warboys, Huntingdon
Received 2 Jul 1987Car Park On Disused Railway Line, Off, Twenty Foot, Chain Bridge, March, PE15
Received 1 Aug 1991Homerton College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PH
Received 17 Jun 1986Swaffham Prior Sewage Treatments Works, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire
Received 11 Apr 2011Sawtry Infant And Junior Schools, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 1 Aug 1980Probation Offices, Grammar School Walk
Received 10 Nov 1989Land Off, Meadow Lane, St Ives
Received 8 Jan 2008King Street
Received 29 Sept 1988Sawtry Junior Academy, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5SH
Received 27 Feb 2026Sir Harry Smith Community College , Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB
Received 29 Jan 2024Trumpington Park & Ride Site, Hauxton Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 24 May 2002Barnwell Road, To Coldhams Lane At Cambridge
Received 8 Mar 1977Kennett Primary School, Kennett Garden Village, Land South West Of 98-138 Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, CB8 7QQ
Received 13 Dec 2022Eastfield School, Pig Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174QE
Received 6 Jun 1989Milton Household Waste Recycling Centre, Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6DQ
Received 12 Dec 2025Benwick Road Industrial Estate, 35 Benwick Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
Received 6 Dec 2019Cambridgeshire & Isle Of Ely Fire Brigade, Mepal Road, Sutton, Ely, CB6 2PZ
Received 19 Feb 1993Willingham Primary School, Thodays Close, Willingham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5LE
Received 17 Mar 2026Records 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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