Planning and key plans

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Planning applications

The Planning Portal is the UK Government's online planning and building regulations resource for England and Wales. You can use this site to learn about planning and building regulations, apply for planning permission, find out about development near you, appeal against a decision and research government policy.

Planning applications are dealt with by the Development Control departments of District Councils. The exceptions are planning applications for schools and for minerals and waste operations, which are dealt with by the County Council.

Many local authorities, including all five District Councils in Cambridgeshire, allow planning applications to be made online via the Planning Portal. The sections of the Planning Portal for each of the Cambridgeshire District Councils are here:

Cambridge

East Cambridgeshire

Fenland

Huntingdonshire

South Cambridgeshire

Key planning documents

Planning decisions in Cambridgeshire are governed by a nested set of key planning documents. These are:

At regional level:

Regional Spatial Strategy

At County level:

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Structure Plan 2003.

At District level:

Cambridge Local Plan.

East Cambridgeshire District Local Plan.

Fenland Local Plan

Huntingdonshire Local Plan.

South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework.

Other important planning documents include:

Cambridgeshire Local Transport Plan.

Cambridgeshire Market Towns Strategies.

Cambridgeshire Minerals Local Plan.

Cambridgeshire Waste Local Plan.