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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Extraction Of Sand And Gravel & Irrigation Lake Hundred Farm, Langwood Fen, Chatteris, PE16
Received 15 Sept 1997Fenstanton County Primary School
Received 3 Nov 1978Kings Hedges Primary School, Northfields Avenue, Cambridge, CB4 2HU
Received 7 Jan 2015Earith Quarry, Chatteris Road, Somersham, PE28
Received 25 Apr 2008Land At, Former Priory Junior School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5
Received 19 Dec 2001Spicers Mill Sand And Gravel Pit, Shelford Road, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB2
Received 28 Jun 1978Elm Road CP School, Elm Road, Wisbech, PE13
Received 12 Jan 1993Bassingbourn Primary School, 43 Brook Road, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5NP
Received 15 May 2023Extension To Existing Waste Transfer Station, Brampton Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Apr 1995Woodhatch Farm, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE28 4NJ
Received 29 May 2013Eynesbury Ce School, Montagu Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 3 Aug 1993The Netherhall School, Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
Received 17 Jun 1986Alderman Payne Primary School, 9 Main Road, Parson Drove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4JA
Received 15 Dec 2022Land At Kneesworth Nursery, Old North Road, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8
Received 29 Dec 1993Mill Field, Potton Road, Gamlingay, Sandy, SG19
Received 24 Jul 1989Vehicle Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 7HZ
Received 26 Jun 2018Granharis Road, Great Shelford
Received 3 May 1976St. Etheldred House O.P.H. Clay Street
Received 11 Jul 1988Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 27 Feb 1998New Library, Priory Mill Site, Off Priory Lane, St. Neots
Received 2 Apr 1980Wheatfield Junior & Infant School, Wheatfields, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE176YD
Received 3 Apr 1979South Of A1 Borrow Pit, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 15 Sept 1962Land At Goodwin Farm, 1 Heath Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LA
Received 27 Jul 2021Cottenham Village College, High Street
Received 2 Jul 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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