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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon, PE187TY
Received 3 May 1977Rear Of Walden House, Market Square
Received 5 Feb 1992Burnsfield Infs & King Edward Jun School, Burnsfield Estate, Chatteris, PE16
Received 7 Apr 1987Land North Of, Deal Grove, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2
Received 31 Oct 1988North Fen Sand And Gravel Pit, The Gault, Sutton, Ely, CB6
Received 13 Nov 19989 Norfolk Street, Cambridge
Received 1 Apr 1974Sawtry Infant And Junior Schools, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 2 Mar 1990Yaxley Infants School, Main Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 8 Feb 1985Land Adjacent To Covell's Drain, Friesland Farm, Hale Road, Swavesey
Received 27 Feb 2008Eynesbury Ce School, Montagu Street, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 12 Sept 1990Land Adjoining Doctors Surgery, Brewhouse Lane
Received 19 Mar 1990St. Ivo School, High Leys, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE174RR
Received 14 Feb 2000Landfill Site, Pools Road, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
Received 7 Jul 2025Newnham Croft Primary School, Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF
Received 22 Jul 1987PT Os Field No 108, Chalk Hill, Foxton
Received 15 Sept 1977Adjacent North And West Of Barleycroft Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 8 Jul 1983Alconbury Airfield Recycling Depot, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 20 Nov 1997Bar Hill C.P.School
Received 15 Oct 1985Babraham C.E. School, High Street
Received 12 Jun 1996Kettlefields Primary School, Stetchworth Road, Dullingham, Newmarket, CB8 9UH
Received 22 May 2014Sutton Primary School, The Brook, Sutton, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2PU
Received 4 Apr 2024Townley Primary School, Crown Road, Christchurch, Wisbech, PE14 9NA
Received 12 Dec 2024Godmanchester Quarry, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 6 Dec 1995Yaxley Youth Club, The Recreation Ground, Middton, Yaxley
Received 28 Apr 2000Records 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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