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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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187 High Street, Sawston
Received 21 Mar 1983Thomas Eaton Primary School, Church Street, Wimblington, March, PE15
Received 1 Aug 1991Willingham Primary School, Thodays Close, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5LE
Received 23 Oct 2024Land At, Brickyard Farm, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 26 Nov 2004Adj, A141 Chatteris Western Bypass, Chatteris
Received 20 Feb 1984Thongsley County Junior & Infant School, Buttsgrove Way, Huntingdon, PE187PE
Received 6 Jun 1984Mobiles At Rees Thomas School, Hawkins Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 20 Sept 2000Holywell School, Mill Way, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE173TF
Received 5 Mar 1999Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way, Huntingdon, PE186UH
Received 3 Jun 1998Impington Village College, New Road
Received 22 Jun 1993Land West Of 61 Station Street Former CCC Highways Dept, Clare Street, Chatteris, PE16
Received 20 Aug 1997Land At, Morley Memorial Primary School, Blinco Grove, Cambridge, CB1
Received 23 Mar 2005Infants School, Main Street, Yaxley
Received 25 Jun 1974Land At, Cottenham Village College, High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 16 Nov 2004Wintringham Primary Academy, Nuffield Road, St Neots, PE19 0AW
Received 28 Oct 2019Land At, Dawsons Plant Hire Ltd, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey
Received 4 Dec 2006Station Farm Landfill Site, Brampton Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 2 Nov 1994Westfield Junior School , Ramsey Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5RG
Received 12 Dec 2025Parkside Community College, Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1EH
Received 25 Jun 1974New Road CP School, New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1SZ
Received 23 Jun 1989Land At, Wilburton C Of E (C) Primary School, Carpond Lane, Wilburton, Ely, CB6
Received 7 Nov 2003Ramsey County Junior School, Station Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171JA
Received 11 Jun 1992Alconbury Weald Education Campus , (previously Known As Ermine Street), , Alconbury Weald, , PE28 4WX
Received 12 Sept 2024Mayfield Primary School, Warwick Road, Cambridge, CB4 3HN
Received 21 Sept 1998Records 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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