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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.
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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6,198 approved · 194 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Received 24 Apr 1986Park Lane Primary School, Park Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, PE188AG
Received 14 Dec 1983Buckden North Landfill Site, Brampton Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5UH
Received 16 Apr 2020Mandingley Road Park & Ride, Madingley Road, Cambridge
Received 12 Aug 1999Fordham Primary School, Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 5NL
Received 9 May 2011Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Apr 2025Land At Monkfield Park Primary School, School Lane, Cambourne
Received 25 Jul 2008Plough Farm, Oxholme Drove, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4
Received 1 Nov 1995North Of Fenstanton Sand And Gravel Pit, Mill Road, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB4
Received 1 Dec 1966Nealewade Community College, March
Received 23 Aug 1999Land At, Dry Drayton Primary, Park Street, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB3
Received 21 Jul 2005Cromwell Park Primary School, Parkway, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6JA
Received 26 May 2009Hostel Farm, Elton Road, Wansford, Peterborough, PE8
Received 4 Apr 1990Land At, Bridgefoot Quarry, Flint Cross
Received 18 Jul 2005St Bede's Inter-Church School, Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD
Received 24 Feb 2018Isle Of Ely College And Horticultural Institute, Ramnoth Road, Wisbech, PE132JE
Received 29 Aug 1986Bottisham Village College, Lode Road, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9DL
Received 6 Jul 2017Soham Village College, Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Received 13 Mar 1989Impington Village College
Received 12 Jun 1980Land North Of Ashwell And Morden Station, Station Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8
Received 30 Nov 1999C Of E School, High Street, Great Paxton
Received 13 Mar 1985Sawtry Community College, Fen Lane, Sawtry, Huntingdon, PE175TQ
Received 9 Jun 1976Land At, Murfitts Industries, 195, Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, CB6
Received 6 Aug 2002Dartford County Infants School, Dartford Road, March, PE15
Received 27 Sept 1988Records 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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