Understanding planning · 13 min read
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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Benwick Primary School , High Street, Benwick, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0XA
Received 5 Dec 2023Impington Village College, New Road
Received 1 Nov 1993Bridgefoot Farm, A505, Hinxton, Cambridge
Received 26 Mar 1974Cambridgeshire Farm College
Received 7 Jan 1986Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, East Of, Cambridge Road, Harlton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 16 Feb 1993Somersat Farm, Cants Drove, Murrow, PE13 4HN
Received 21 Oct 2021Barrington Quarry, Haslingfield Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RQ
Received 22 Nov 2018Marsh Lane Sand And Gravel Pit (X), Marsh Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 22 Dec 1975Land Fronting Toft Lane & R/O 31 Church Street
Received 18 Feb 1988Earith Primary School, School Road, Earith, Huntingdon, PE173QB
Received 6 Sept 1988City Of Ely Community College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 2SH
Received 22 Apr 1988Yaxley Junior School, Landsdowne Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JL
Received 23 Nov 1978Manor Community College, Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JF
Received 26 Jul 1983Land Adjoining Primary School, Margett Street, Cottenham
Received 22 Oct 1981Land At, Huntingdon Junior School, Ambury Road, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 11 Jun 2003Land Off Wisbech Road, March
Received 20 Dec 1982New Saxon Works, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1PD
Received 7 Nov 2025Elm Ce (C) School, Elm, Wisbech
Received 20 Oct 1999Land At Rear Of 22 St Andrews Street, Cambridge
Received 21 Aug 1979Site Of Nos 32-40 Clare Street, Chatteris
Received 1 Nov 1984Alderman Jacobs School, Drybread Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 9 Jul 1993Colville Primary School , Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 25 Feb 2026Land At, New Milton Road Primary School, Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 26 Apr 2004Former Infants School, Haggis Gap
Received 6 Jun 1997Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage