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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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South East Of Block Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (2), Block Fen, Mepal, Ely, CB6
Received 3 Feb 1992Land At, Fourfields CP School, Queen Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 16 May 2006Land At Kennett Primary School, Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 19 Jul 2001Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4 3HN
Received 22 Dec 1995Grafham Water Centre, East Perry, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 15 Aug 2008Land At, Sawtry Infants & Junior Schools, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE28
Received 6 Nov 2003Land At: Little Paxton PC Primary, Gordon Road, Little Paxton, Cambridge, PE19
Received 4 Jul 2007Cambridgeshre County Council Civic Hub, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4WX
Received 21 Dec 2020Land 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 9 Jan 2025Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 23 Sept 1998Sports & Leisure Centre, Camel Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6 1EW
Received 31 Oct 2016Mick George Haulage, Meadow Lane, St Ives, Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Jul 2019Land At Junction Of A1303 And, Airport Way, Teversham
Received 20 Apr 2000St. Ives Sewage Treatment Works, Somersham Road, St. Ives, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Received 4 Nov 2009Land Rear Of Fen Ditton C.P. School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5
Received 25 Jun 2001Old Court House, High Street, Bottisham
Received 22 Dec 1978Midfield Children's Centre, Cambridge Road, Oakington
Received 11 Jul 1985Land At, Fourfields Primary School, Queen Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 22 Jan 2003Land At, Shirley Infant School, Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 19 Jul 2005Meldreth Primary School, High Street, Meldreth, Royston, SG8 6LA
Received 5 Jan 2018Ely St Johns Community Primary School, St Johns Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3BW
Received 30 Jan 2020Southern Extention Of Norman Way Industrial Estate, Norman Way, Over, Cambridge, CB4
Received 23 Jun 1989Shirley CP School, Green End Road, Cambridge, CB4 1RW
Received 2 May 1995Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xi), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 23 Dec 1959Records 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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