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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Rectory Farm Clay Pit, Cow Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 28 Dec 1972Clay Farm Primary School, Land East Of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, West Of Hobson Brook, Addenbrooke's Road, Cambridge
Received 26 Aug 2017Colville County Primary School, Colville Road, Cambridge, CB1 9EJ
Received 20 Dec 1977The Octagon, Cambridgeshire County Council, Shire Hall, Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3
Received 7 Aug 2002Land At, Decoy Farm, Drybread Road, Eastrea, Whittlesey, PE7
Received 26 Jul 2004Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, PE166UU
Received 26 Oct 1983Monkfield Park Primary School, School Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23
Received 2 Jul 2008Milton Sand And Gravel Pit (Xi), Cambridge Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 13 Mar 1959Land At Ashbeach CP School, Ashbeach Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 28 Sept 2001Waterbeach Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PG
Received 11 May 2021Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4JB
Received 14 Dec 2009Hinchingbrooke Park
Received 27 Jul 1989Land At, Bassingbourn Primary School, Brook Road, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8
Received 25 Jan 2006Land At, Isleham C Of E School, Malting Lane, Isleham, Ely, CB7
Received 18 Jul 2003Adjacent North Of Little Paxton (Diddington) Sand And Gravel Pit, Great North Road, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE18
Received 3 Feb 1983Ermine Street Church Academy, (fomerly Known As Alconbury Airfield), 2 Swynford Road, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4XG
Received 15 Aug 2023Former Saxon Brickworks, Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1PD
Received 30 Aug 2024Land To The South Of Ely Between Angel Drove & Stuntney Causeway
Received 21 Jun 2017Colleges Nursery School, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD
Received 20 Jun 1996Great Staughton C P School, Causeway, St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE194BA
Received 13 Nov 1989Cottenham Village College, High Street
Received 7 Aug 1996Littleport CP School, Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 16 Jun 1981Land Between A1303 And A45 Near Quy Bridge, Newmarket Road, Stow-Cum-Quy, Cambridge, CB5
Received 28 Aug 1989Priory Junior & Infant School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, CB5 8ND
Received 15 Sept 1994Records 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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