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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hemingford Grey Primary School, St. Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE28 9DU
Received 7 Jun 2014Queen Edith County Primary School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP
Received 25 Sept 1998Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 7 Mar 2016Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of, The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 6 Feb 2023Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 9 Nov 1982McCains Complex, Funthams Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 1 Jun 1989Alderman Jacobs School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 31 Jul 1989Meadow Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (Xvi), Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 12 Aug 1977Northstowe Primary School, Land To The North-East Of Longstanton And South-East Of B1050, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Aug 2016Land At, Station Farm Landfill Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, St. Neots, PE18
Received 26 Jun 2006Land At, Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7
Received 15 Nov 2005Land Between Ditton Walk And Fen Road, Across Ditton Meadows And The River Cam, Cambridge
Received 11 May 2018Barrington Church Of England School, Barrington
Received 20 Feb 1975Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 May 1989Land At, Bourn Primary School, Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB3
Received 12 Sept 2005Land Between Coldham's Lane And River Cam, Through Coldham's Common, Barnwell Junction Pastures And Ditton Meadows Cambridge
Received 19 Sept 2017Foxton C.P. School, Station Road
Received 5 Dec 1996Somersham Primary School, Parkhall Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE28 3EU
Received 2 Jul 2010Dawsons Plant Hire, Middle Fen Drove, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4QJ
Received 12 Apr 2011Fulbourn C.P. School, School Lane
Received 17 Jan 1996South West Of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Between Robinson Way And Addenbrooke's Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Received 12 May 2015Land At, Over Primary School, Long Furlong, Over, Cambridge, CB4
Received 27 May 2004St. Michael's Resource Centre, Ambury Road
Received 26 Jan 1994Swavesey Village College
Received 21 Feb 1980Records 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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