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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Waterbeach Community Primary School, High Street, Waterbeach, CB25 9JU
Received 7 Jan 2021Burwell House Centre, Silver Street, Burwell, Cambridge, CB24 0EF
Received 25 Apr 2018Area F, London Brick Company, London Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7
Received 27 Oct 196515 Market Street, Whittlesey
Received 2 Oct 1978Land At, Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB1
Received 17 Jun 2004Land At Goodwin Farm, 1 Heath Road, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0LA
Received 10 Oct 2023Land At, St Johns C Of E School, Sallowbush Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 17 Dec 2002Linton Primary School, Linton Heights
Received 7 Dec 1977Sawston Mill Pumping Station, A1301, Sawston, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4JF
Received 14 Aug 2014Barleycroft Farm Sand And Gravel Pit, Overcote Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 27 Oct 1988Cambridge Gateway, Land South Of 127 And South West Of The Earl Of Derby Public House, Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1
Received 19 Nov 2009Alconbury C Of E School, School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE175EQ
Received 31 Jul 1997Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 4 Mar 1981The Galfrid School , Galfrid Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8ND
Received 28 Jul 2023Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 21 Jul 1987St Ives Park And Ride Site, The Meadow, Meadow Lane, St. Ives
Received 3 May 2019Milton Sand And Grvel Pit (Vi), Cambridge Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 31 Mar 1954Moorlands O.P.H. The Moor
Received 15 Sept 1987Linton Village College
Received 21 Feb 1980County Primary School, The Fold, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2BP
Received 15 Jan 1998Fen Ditton Primary School, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 30 Jul 2010Ramsey Abbey School, Hollow Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 28 Apr 1979Land Adj To Former Ashley County Primary School, Mill Road
Received 22 Jan 1982Land At, Premier Foods Ltd, Chivers Way, Histon, CB24
Received 23 Jul 2007Records 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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