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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 1 Jun 1988Glatton Clay Pit, Glatton Lane, Holme, Huntingdon, PE7
Received 16 Dec 1965Land At, Pendragon Primary School, Varrier Jones Drive, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB3
Received 16 Mar 2005Land At, Needingworth Quarry, Overcote Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 23 Apr 2002Land At Ness Road, Burwell
Received 18 Jun 1985Former Saxon Brickworks, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Feb 2021West Fen Farm, Whitemoor Road, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0AF
Received 13 Aug 2012Sawston Village College, New Road, Sawston, Cambridgeshire, CB2 4BP
Received 3 May 2007Crosshall Jun. & Inf. School, Eaton Socon
Received 23 Mar 1992Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 20 Jun 2001Cowley Road Waste Transfer Station, St Johns Innovation Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ
Received 29 Mar 2021Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 4 Jun 2019Brunswick Nursery School, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LZ
Received 15 Jul 1997Huntingdon District Library, Princes Street
Received 10 Jan 1995Burwell House, North Street
Received 18 Jan 1994Babraham Road Park And Ride
Received 21 Dec 1999Land North East Of Pine Lodge, Leverington Common, Leverington, Wisbech, PE13
Received 15 Sept 1997Murrow County Primary School, Murrow Bank, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE134HD
Received 1 Dec 1976Land At Back Of Cambridge Pet Crematoreium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 2 Jan 1991Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 27 Oct 1994Land North Of Brookfield Farm, Ermine Street, Great Stukeley, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 24 Aug 1973Land At, Kingsfield Primary School, Burnsfield Street, Chatteris, PE16
Received 2 Sept 2003Land At Colne Fen Quarry, Chatteris Road, Somersham, Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Jul 2019Land At. Sawtry Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 18 Jan 2001Records 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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