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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Colville CP School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 14 May 2010Land At Sawtry Junior School, Middlefield Road, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 13 Mar 2001Land To The North West Of Landbeach Sand And Gravel Pit, Green End, Landbeach, Cambridge, CB4
Received 12 Jul 1960Alconbury Weald Education Campus, Ermine Street, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4WX
Received 4 Feb 2026Roger Ascham Site, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
Received 25 Oct 1995Huntingdon Technical College, California Road, Huntingdon
Received 26 Sept 1977Willingham Primary School, Thodays Close, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, CB4 5LE
Received 20 Aug 2009Benwick Primary School , High Street, Benwick, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0XA
Received 13 Dec 2024Clay Farm Primary School, Land To The East Of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, West Of Hobson Brook, Cambridge
Received 18 Nov 2016Land South Of Honeysome Lodge, Honeysome Road, Chatteris, PE16
Received 25 Oct 1995St. Andrews C Of E Junior School, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5AA
Received 4 Aug 1992Mayfield Primary School
Received 20 Dec 1977Land At Coton C.E. Primary School, Whitwell Way, Coton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 25 Jun 2001Fenstanton County Primary School, School Lane, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, PE189JR
Received 1 Nov 1978Turves CP School, March Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 5 Mar 1987Land To The North Of Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Received 12 Mar 2021Ailwyn School And Community Centre, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE171DG
Received 22 May 1978Land At Current Shirley Community Primary School, Nuffield Road, Cambridge
Received 2 Apr 2008Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6FR
Received 21 Apr 2017Little Bridge Peat Bog, East Delph, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 19 Dec 1994Mitchell Hill Farm, Twentypence Road, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8PP
Received 8 Nov 2022Cambridge Water Recycling Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0AP
Received 24 Nov 2022Ellington Clay Pit, Adjacent A14, Ellington, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 21 May 1990Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, PE186BN
Received 19 Jul 1976Records 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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