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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 South Cambridgeshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,267 approved · 106 refused · 172 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
17-47 (odd) Cranesbill Close Orchard Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2YQ
Received 26 Jan 2021Land To The West Of Cambourne Cambridgeshire
Received 4 Nov 2022Poplar Farm West Fen Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5LP
Received 3 Apr 2023Land Lying To The North East Of All Saints Church West Wickham Road Horseheath Cambridgeshire CB21 4QA
Received 16 Oct 2023Mines Park Chapel Road Weston Colville Cambridgeshire CB21 5NX
Received 18 Jan 2024Street Record Stow Road Stow Cum Quy Cambridgeshire
Received 31 May 2024Land To The Rear Of 159-163 The Causeway Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5JD
Received 21 Oct 2024Thriplow Farm Lodge Road Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RN
Received 4 Nov 2024Street Record Rushden Close Fulbourn Cambridgeshire
Received 4 Nov 2024Eastern Counties Leather London Road Pampisford Cambridgeshire CB22 3EF
Received 25 Nov 2024Childerley Hall Childerley Estate Childerley Cambridgeshire CB23 8BA
Received 19 Dec 2024Chaston House 1 Mill Court Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LD
Received 6 Feb 2025Land Off Low Fen Drove Way Horningsea Cambridgeshire
Received 14 Mar 2025Land Off Back Lane Cambourne Cambridgeshire
Received 10 Jun 2025Land At Wilsons Road Longstanton Cambs CB24 8DB
Received 27 Jun 2025Land South Of Addenbrookes Road Trumpington Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 10 Jul 2025Land To The South Of Munceys Farm London Way Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6DJ
Received 10 Jul 2025Land To The Rear Of 130 Middle Watch Swavesey Cambs CB24 4RP
Received 21 Jul 2025Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 7 Aug 2025Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Aug 2025Valley Farm House Valley Farm Road West Wratting Cambridgeshire CB21 4HH
Received 29 Aug 20252B Moor Drove Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9AN
Received 9 Sept 2025122 Cottenham Road Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9ET
Received 10 Sept 20251A Moor Drove Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9AN
Received 9 Sept 2025Records 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 South Cambridgeshire 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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