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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
County Primary School, The Fold, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
Received 5 Nov 1980Huntingdon Technical College, California Road, Huntingdon
Received 8 Apr 1976Spring Common School, American Lane, Huntingdon
Received 11 Apr 2000Kettlefields Primary School, Stetchworth Road, Dullingham, Newmarket, CB8
Received 11 Apr 1988Northstowe Secondary College, Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ
Received 18 May 2018March Bypass, 620M North Of, Knights End Road, March, PE15
Received 18 Oct 1983Murrow County Primary School, Murrow Bank, Parson Drove, Wisbech, PE134HD
Received 7 May 1975Shire Hall, Cambridge
Received 11 Jun 1984Land Off Brewhouse Lane
Received 11 Aug 1989Access To, Colne Fen Sand And Gravel Pit, Chatteris Road, Somersham, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 4 Dec 1997Former Highways Depot Off Tower Road, Ely
Received 29 Jan 1982Ely County Infants School, High Barns, Ely, CB7 4RB
Received 18 Jun 1984Land At Kings Farm, Langwood Fen, Chatteris, PE16
Received 13 Aug 1998.
Received 14 Jul 2026Land At Cambridge Centre For Recycling, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB5
Received 7 Nov 2000Former, Railway Sidings, Cresswells Lane, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7
Received 5 Apr 1993Longsands Community College
Received 15 Apr 1991Abbots Ripton C Of E School, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, PE172LT
Received 18 Mar 1992Yaxley Infants School, Main Street, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 22 Mar 1979Land At Junction Of Station Road And, Hinton Hedges Road, Haddenham
Received 23 Apr 1992Cow Lane Gravel Pits, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 25 Mar 1999Barnabas Oley C Of E Primary School, Little Lane, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19
Received 18 Jul 1983Cheveley Ce School, High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, CB8 9DG
Received 10 May 1995The Fire Station, Ramsey Road
Received 15 Nov 1993Records 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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