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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stapleford Community School, Bar Lane
Received 4 May 1988Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE188AG
Received 25 Jul 1996Land At Sewage Works Off, High Street, Babraham, Cambridge, CB2
Received 17 Jun 1996Chear Fen Sand And Gravel Pit (Xix), Ely Road, Cottenham, Cambridge
Received 9 Sept 1977""Moorlands"", Moor Lane, Melbourn
Received 21 Nov 1978Linton Village College
Received 1 Aug 1977Benwick Primary School , High Street, Benwick, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0XA
Received 24 Jan 2025Auto Shells At Ashley Lodge, Conquest Drove, Farcet, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3DH
Received 13 Nov 2018Barrington Cement Plant, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 7 Jan 2020Plasgran Ltd, Manea Road, Wimblington, PE15 0PE
Received 14 Sept 2017A1/M1 Link Road, Hills Close Field, South Of A604, Bythorn
Received 8 Jan 1991Meadow Lane
Received 2 Apr 1957Land At, Meldreth Primary School, High Street, Meldreth, Nr Royston, SG8
Received 24 Aug 2007Land Next To Springfield, Little Heath, Gamlingay, Sandy, SG19 3LL
Received 29 Nov 2007Steeple Morden C Of E Cont. School, Hay Street
Received 18 Jun 1990Cambridge College Of Further Education, Howard Mallett Site, New Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 5 Jan 1987Ramsey County Junior School, Station Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171JA
Received 12 Jan 1979Woodhatch Farm Recycling Centre, Thrapston Road, Ellington, PE28 4NJ
Received 15 Jun 2019Bottisham Primary School, Beechwood Avenue, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9BE
Received 16 May 2016Land North Of A45 And West Of, Wilbraham Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5
Received 30 Jul 1993Land At Junction Of Mill Hill/Heath Road
Received 5 Feb 1991Cambs. College Of Agriculture & Horticulture
Received 10 Nov 1992Land West Of, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Jan 1999Clunch Pit, Chapel Hill, Barrington
Received 27 Nov 1975Records 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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