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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Fenland District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,123 approved · 735 refused · 268 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Mar 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land North Of Rathbone Atkinsons Lane Elm Cambridgeshire
Received 28 Sept 202385 - 87 Lynn Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire
Received 13 Oct 2023Land South Of March Trading Estate Westry Avenue March Cambridgeshire
Received 6 Oct 20232 Fen View Doddington March Cambridgeshire PE15 0SN
Received 25 Sept 202341 Queens Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 2PE
Received 25 Sept 2023St Matthews House 30 Princes Walk March Cambridgeshire PE15 8AH
Received 26 Sept 2023Building North Of 109 High Street Chatteris Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Sept 202317 East Delph Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 1RH
Received 28 Sept 2023Land East Of Shallon Cats Lane Tydd St Giles Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Oct 20232 Oil Mill Lane Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1NW
Received 16 Oct 2023J S Holmes Ltd High Road Wisbech St Mary Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4RQ
Received 16 Oct 2023Barn West Of Long Beach Farm Thurlands Drove Upwell Norfolk
Received 22 Sept 2023155 Front Road Murrow Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4JQ
Received 22 Sept 2023Garage Site Drybread Road Whittlesey Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Oct 202391 Red Barn Turves Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 2DZ
Received 17 Oct 2023Land North Of 3 Bakehouse Close Benwick Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Oct 2023The Broad Street Project Broad Street March Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Oct 20233C 3D 3E & 3F Upwell Road March Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Oct 202312 Bush Lane Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 2JW
Received 17 Oct 20235 Briggate West Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 1DJ
Received 17 Oct 2023Land West Of The Old Rectory The Walnuts Fronting Elwyn Court March Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Oct 2023Stepping Stones Pre School Leverington County Primary School 104 Church Road Leverington Cambridgeshire
Received 13 Oct 2023Woodland South Of St Leonards Churchyard Gorefield Road Leverington Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Oct 2023Land South Of 12 - 24 Ingham Hall Gardens Parson Drove Cambridgeshire
Received 28 Sept 2023Records 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 Fenland District 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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