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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Dawson Plant Hire, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4QJ
Received 17 Jul 2025Stapleford C P School, Bar Lane, Stapleford
Received 4 Dec 1984Elm C Of E Junior School, Main Road, Elm, Wisbech, PE140AG
Received 11 Jun 1998Land between Church Road/Loverose Wy and Orchard Street in Stow-cum-Quy, land at Quy Court in Stow-cum-Quy, and land south of Anglesey Abbey in Lode
Received 3 Jul 2025Hardwick Community School, Limes Road
Received 23 Dec 1985Brampton County Infant And Junior Schools, The Green, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE188RF
Received 6 Mar 1995Kettlefields Primary School, Stetchworth Road, Dullingham, Newmarket, CB8 9UH
Received 18 Apr 2019South West Of Barleycroft Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 22 Mar 1993Fen Drayton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xiv), Holywell Ferry Road, Fen Drayton
Received 18 Mar 1981Land Adjoining 16-18 Bridge Street, Whaddon
Received 3 Apr 1985Low Road, Kings Dyke, Whittlesey
Received 22 May 1984Daintree Farm, Ramsey St Mary
Received 12 Jul 1976Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 6 Sept 1983Bassingbourn C.P. School, Brook Road
Received 9 Apr 1987Travellers Site, Whitecross Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6
Received 1 Aug 1995Youth Centre, Old C.Of.E School, School Lane
Received 2 Apr 1987Former Highways Depot, Linton Road
Received 13 Jul 1987Winhills County Infant & Junior School, Cromwell Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE192DX
Received 28 Nov 1975Pilgrim Pathways School, Block 19, Ida Darwin Site, Fulbourn Old Drift, Fulbourn, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5EE
Received 16 Jun 2022Land North Of Newmarket Road, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Received 15 Mar 2021Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 23 Oct 1998Fawcett CP School, Alpha Terrace, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 9FS
Received 6 Jun 2014Alconbury C Of E School, School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE175EQ
Received 25 Nov 1982Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Received 14 May 1991Records 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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