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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.
1,274 approved · 106 refused · 172 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 High Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EH
Received 17 Nov 20259 Station Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9HT
Received 17 Nov 2025The Shielings Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Caldecote Cambridgeshire CB23 7NX
Received 17 Nov 2025Land At 31 Shepreth Road Barrington Cambridgeshire CB22 7SB
Received 17 Nov 20251A Spinney Drive Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LY
Received 17 Nov 2025Hillside Farm House 2 School Lane Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JL
Received 17 Nov 20252 The Pudgell Great And Little Chishill Cambridgeshire SG8 8SE
Received 17 Nov 2025106 Bridge Street Whaddon Cambridgeshire SG8 5SN
Received 17 Nov 202534 South Road Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AU
Received 17 Nov 202520 Symonds Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4HY
Received 17 Nov 20257 Thruffle Way Bar Hill Cambridgeshire CB23 8TR
Received 17 Nov 2025The Old Vicarage 40 High Street Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TR
Received 14 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To Diamond Jubilee House Church Street Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SG
Received 17 Nov 2025Land Adjacent Flack Field Stonebridge Lane Fulbourn
Received 17 Nov 2025College Farm Main Street Caldecote Cambridgeshire CB23 7NU
Received 17 Nov 202561 High Street West Wratting Cambridgeshire CB21 5LU
Received 17 Nov 202561 High Street West Wratting Cambridgeshire CB21 5LU
Received 17 Nov 20259 Water Lane Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9XW
Received 18 Nov 20254 Farmers End Toft Cambridgeshire CB23 2SB
Received 18 Nov 2025Wheatsheaf House 5 High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8SA
Received 18 Nov 2025The Manor Dock Lane Horningsea Cambridgeshire CB25 9JF
Received 18 Nov 2025Bramley Barn 69A Station Road Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5NL
Received 18 Nov 2025Land South Of Northstowe Secondary College Stirling Road Northstowe Cambridgeshire CB24 1DJ
Received 19 Nov 2025300 Barn High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TX
Received 19 Nov 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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