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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cambridge Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Landbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PH
Received 7 Dec 2016Units 3-4, Wisbech Business Park, Oldfield Lane, Wisbech, Cambs. PE13 2RJ
Received 8 Apr 2015Margetts Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Jun 1986Land East Of Thriplow Heath, A505, Hinxton, Cambridge
Received 1 Dec 1966St. Andrews C Of E Junior School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5AA
Received 3 Jul 1990Land At Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Ely, Cambs. CB6 2JA
Received 14 Oct 2002Part Os 5500, High Street, Cheveley
Received 28 Nov 1980Elm Road CP School, Elm Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 11 Oct 1996Building Adj. Waitrose, Station Road
Received 8 Apr 1991Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xi), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 10 Jul 1978Millfield County Primary School, Grange Lane, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1HW
Received 11 Nov 2024Wisbech Adventure Playground, The Spinney, Waterlees Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 3HB
Received 22 Dec 2022The Round House Community Primary School, School Drive, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 6AW
Received 5 Dec 2011Burnsfield Infs & King Edward Jun School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16
Received 3 Sept 1981Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 29 Jan 1981Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, CB2 2FS
Received 27 Sept 2013Land At, Former Clay Borrow Pit, Mepal Road, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 15 Jun 2004Witchford Village College, Manor Road, Witchford, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2JA
Received 7 May 2025Long Road Sixth Form College, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2
Received 20 Aug 1974Cambridgeshire Farm College
Received 19 Aug 1987Land East Of New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Aug 2022Sawtry Infant School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, PE28
Received 8 Jul 2009Great Gidding C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, PE175NX
Received 10 Jun 1994Land At Mick George Ltd, Second Drove, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 8 Feb 1995Records 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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