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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At, Plantation Farm, Red Lodge, Kennett, Cambs, CB8
Received 21 Feb 2014Impington Village College, New Road
Received 24 Jul 1987Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows, Cambridge
Received 12 Oct 2021Somersham CP School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE173EU
Received 14 May 1986Osborn House Old Persons Home, Kirkgate Street
Received 3 Jul 1986Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 3 Jan 1991Lionel Walden School, High Street, Doddington, March, PE150TF
Received 28 Aug 1985Land At, Milton C Of E Primary School, Humphries Way, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 6 Jun 2006Former Primary School, High St, Bassingbourn
Received 18 Jan 1994Cambridgeshire College Of Arts And Technology, Collier Road, Cambridge, CB1
Received 14 Sept 1976Gazeley House, Huntingdon
Received 25 Jun 1974Infants School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots (Pepys Rd Access)
Received 1 Apr 1976Church Farm, Ramsey St. Mary
Received 10 Aug 1994Junction Of Alex Wood Road, Mansel Way, Fortescue Road
Received 24 Jun 1980Valley Farm, Fulbourn
Received 13 Aug 1976Land At, City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6
Received 13 Feb 2003Adjacent North Of Fenstanton Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 4 Jan 1954Milton Landfill Site (II), Butt Lane, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 14 Aug 1992Bottisham CP School, Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9BE
Received 25 Nov 1985Land Adjoining 2 The Council Houses, High Street, Bury
Received 3 Nov 1982Little Thetford CP School, Green Hill, Little Thetford, Ely, CB6 3HD
Received 13 Apr 1994The Grove O.P.H. Carter Street
Received 23 Mar 1992Longsands Comprehensive School, St. Neots
Received 10 Dec 1981Creek Road, March
Received 7 Oct 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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