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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Waterbeach CP School, High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9JU
Received 12 Jun 2018Land At Streetly Hall Farm, Webbs Road, West Wickham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4RP
Received 1 Sept 2023Offord CP School, Off, High Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 22 Jan 1985Buxhall Farm Primary School And Early Years, Glebe Way, Histon, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9HW
Received 12 May 2020Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 24 Feb 2018Sawston Village College, New Road, Sawston
Received 30 Jul 1985Worts Farm, High Street
Received 10 Apr 1992Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB5 9DL
Received 4 Jun 1991Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows Cambridge
Received 4 May 2018Land To The North West Of Bearscroft Farm, Bearscroft Lane, Godmancheser
Received 10 Jan 2017Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 29 Aug 1986Grove Primary School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
Received 21 Apr 2016Land North Of Newmarket Road, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Received 9 Jul 2021New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1PD
Received 13 Oct 2023Waterbeach Community Primary School, High Street, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9JU
Received 24 Jun 2019Gamlingay First School, Green End
Received 12 Aug 1996Bar Hill C.P. School
Received 2 Jul 1986Overhills County Primary School, Newtown, Kimbolton, Huntingdon, PE180HY
Received 7 Dec 199812 Blenheim Road, Ramsey
Received 17 Sept 1976Swaffham Prior C Of E Community Primary School, Station Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB5 0LG
Received 10 Sept 1997Borrow Pit, A11, Kennett, Newmarket, CB8
Received 6 Jan 1992Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 4 Jan 2000Adjacent West Of Little Paxton Sand And Gravel Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 3 Oct 1962Proposed Plant Site Within Brampton West Sand And Gravel Pit, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 31 Jul 1981Records 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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