In using the online Public Access register you agree to be bound by the council's terms of use together with these specific Public Access terms of use.
Personal security, data protection and availability of documents online
It is an accepted principle of the planning process that it should be open and transparent. For this reason, and in accordance with national guidance on best practice, the council will try to make as much information as possible available via the online Public Access register.
In following the council's data protection policy the following procedures are followed for publishing documents online.
We publish many documents as part of the planning process, and human error can occur and we may miss something. If you notice something that causes you concern please email applicationsupport@cambridge.gov.uk noting the application reference and document details and we will do our best to resolve the matter.
General correspondence (includes letters of representation) - private individuals
We publish the sender's address and mask out the sender's name, personal signatures, personal email addresses and personal telephone and mobile numbers before documents are published online.
Applicants
Applicants' names and addresses are published as these form part of the statutory planning register. We mask personal signatures, personal email addresses and personal telephone numbers before documents are published online.
Business letters
We mask signatures only.
Use of the online Public Access register for professional and historical research
The council is aware that many users of this facility do so in a professional capacity or because they are researching planning histories. The online planning history contained within the site at present is incomplete and must not be used as a substitute for carrying out a formal land charge search. No responsibility will be taken for any errors or omissions in the planning history information obtained from Public Access.
Similarly the information contained within Public Access does not constitute in any way a formal notification of a planning decision, and as such any actions taken as a result of information displayed on the site are undertaken entirely at the viewer's own risk.
Planning application decision notices from the early 1960s are available online.
Full documentation associated with planning applications for the years 2005 onwards are available to view online. Documents for the period 2000 to 2005 can be made available online on request, turnaround time is subject to availability of resources. Historic applications between 1963 and 2000 are available on CD and microfiche to view in person at our customer service centre.
Site design and software
The online Public Access register software is provided by IDOX Group plc who maintain copyright over the site design and software.
Mapping copyright
Mapping products used by the online Public Access register are reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. If you wish to licence mapping products for your own use, please contact the Ordnance Survey.
Copyright
Plans, drawing and material submitted to the council are protected by the Copyright Act 1988 (Section 47).You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans.Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner (whether this be the applicant, agent or architect).
Licence agreement for access to national and/or authority datasets (National Land and Property Gazetteer and the National Street Gazetteer - address data)
Set out below are the terms and conditions which, together with any legal notices displayed elsewhere on the Online Public Access Register, represent all the terms and conditions on which we will provide you with access to the datasets created by Local Government Information House Limited (the 'National Datasets') and/or the datasets compiled and maintained by Cambridge City Council (the 'Authority Datasets') associated with the use of the National Land and Property Gazetteer and the National Street Gazetteer.
- The National and/or Authority datasets are associated with the use of the National Land and Property Gazetteer and the National Street Gazetteer. Information displayed throughout the Online Planning Register is extracted from a copyright work owned by the Local Government Information House Limited and Cambridge City Council.
- A single screen print of the results of a search of the National and/or Authority datasets is permitted for your own use.
- You may not extract or re-utilise information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets and/or any copies of such information (whether electronic or in hard copy format) for any commercial or business purpose including but not limited to, trading, building commercial databases, reselling or redistribution of such information.
- You are not permitted to modify, adapt, arrange, alter, adjust or make any additions to any information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets, nor are you permitted to combine such information with other mapping, data or other information, including for the avoidance of doubt, other such information derived from the online Public Access register.
- Save as permitted by paragraph 2 above, the reproduction, copying, downloading, storage, recording, broadcasting, retransmission, distribution, decompilation, reverse-engineering or disassembly of any part of the online Public Access register is not permitted without our prior written consent.
- It is your responsibility to ensure that any information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets is not made available, either in electronic unencrypted form or in hard copy format, to any third party that may attempt to use the map in contravention of these terms and conditions.
- You must inform us immediately if you become aware of a third party using information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets in contravention of these terms and conditions or of any infringement of trade marks located on the online Public Access register.
