Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Caldecote Primary School, Highfields Road, Highfields, Caldecote, Cambridge, CB23 7NX
Received 14 Aug 2009Land At, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey
Received 16 Aug 1999Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Received 19 Sept 1983Land At, Glebelands Primary School, New Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 13 Dec 2002Land At, Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 17 Feb 2004Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 12 Sept 1989Stretham Primary School, Wood Lane, Stretham, Ely, CB6 3JN
Received 17 Apr 2017Estover Road Playing Field, Estover Road
Received 15 Feb 1989Land North-West Of, Toll Bar Lane, Keyston, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 3 Apr 1990Guyhirn Landfill, Gull Drove, Guyhirn, Wisbech, PE13
Received 8 Feb 1990Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 3 Oct 1997Youth Club, Church Street
Received 10 Aug 1990Wicken CP School, North Street, Wicken, Ely, CB7 5XW
Received 28 Aug 19741 Fitzwilliam Road, Cambridge, CB2 2BN
Received 15 Feb 1994Land To The North Of Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Received 6 Sept 2021Medworth Efw Chp Facility, Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Jun 2025Willow Wall Farm Peat Bog, Stilton Fen, Stilton, Peterborough, PE7
Received 23 Mar 1978Kings Dyke, Central No 2 Pit, Fruithams Lane, Whittlesey
Received 25 Jul 1971Great Staughton C P School, Causeway, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194BA
Received 12 Apr 1989Land South East Of Bottom Farm, Keyston Road, Covington, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 25 Jun 2001Former Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, Hundred Road, March, PE15 8QJ
Received 12 Mar 2014Westfield School, Ramsey Road, St. Ives, PE27 5RG
Received 19 Apr 2018Burwell Library And School, The Causeway, Burwell, Cambridge, CB5
Received 30 Dec 1994Bushmead Infant And Junior Schools, Bushmead Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 26 Apr 1990Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage