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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Yaxley Junior School, Landsdowne Road, Yaxley, Peterborough, PE7 3JL
Received 1 Jun 1979Wisbech Education Campus, Land North Of Barton Road East Of Gadds Lane And West Of The Still, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Received 2 Feb 2024GT Paxton Primary School, High Street, GT Paxton
Received 16 May 1984Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
Received 26 Apr 2021Babraham Park And Ride, Babraham, Great Shelford, CB22 3AA
Received 24 Jun 2020The Icknield Primary School, Lynton Way, Sawston, CB22 3EA
Received 3 Apr 2019Plantation Quarry, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, SG8 0NX
Received 20 Nov 2019Symonds House, Symonds, Lane, Linton
Received 27 Jun 1985Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5NL
Received 19 Jun 1997Land At Back Of Cambridge Pet Crematorium, A505, Thriplow, Cambridge
Received 22 Jul 1993Neale Wade Community College, Wimblington Road, March, PE159PX
Received 4 Aug 1995Springwater Business Park, Units 1 To 3, Station Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 30 Nov 2000Within Lattersey Field, New Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7
Received 15 Jun 1950Icknield County Primary School, Babraham Road, Sawston
Received 28 Jun 1978Land At Kings Farm, Langwood Fen, Chatteris
Received 31 Dec 2000Land At, St Neots Community College, Barford Road, Eynesbury St. Neots, Huntingdon, PE19
Received 10 May 2005St Andrews Ce Junior School, Nuffield Road, Cambridge, CB4
Received 9 Jul 1992Adjacent North East Of Second Drove, Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Huntingdon, PE17
Received 25 Mar 1975Histon And Impington Infants School, New School Road, Histon
Received 3 Nov 1999March Landfill Site, Hundred Road, March, Cambridgeshire
Received 8 Aug 2023Cambridge Regional College, Young Street, Cambridge, CB1
Received 8 Feb 1993Land At Witcham Sewage Treatment Works, Off The Slade, Witcham
Received 2 Oct 2002Wintringham Primary Academy, Nuffield Road, St Neots, PE19 0AW
Received 5 May 2020Drummer Street Bus Station
Received 24 Jun 1986Records 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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