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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.
1,275 approved · 106 refused · 172 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 19 Nov 202512 Church Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HU
Received 19 Nov 20255A New Road Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0JN
Received 19 Nov 2025Land North Of Cambridge Road Linton Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Nov 2025New Shardelowes Farm Balsham Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5DA
Received 19 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To 74 Station Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HG
Received 19 Nov 202523 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PD
Received 18 Nov 20255 Roselea Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9LB
Received 19 Nov 2025Fen Drayton Montessori Nursery High Street Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SJ
Received 13 Nov 2025Meadow Lakes Milton Road Impington Cambridge CB24 9NG
Received 20 Nov 2025The Cricket Meadow, Cricket Pavilion Fowlmere Road Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7QU
Received 20 Nov 202535 Smith Street Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HY
Received 20 Nov 2025Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 23 Sept 20259 Coton Road Grantchester Cambridgeshire CB3 9NH
Received 20 Nov 20256 Angle Lane Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6QH
Received 20 Nov 2025Land Rear Of 40A Pierce Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5DN
Received 20 Nov 2025Mitchell Wood House Main Street Caldecote Cambridgeshire CB23 7NU
Received 20 Nov 202523 And 27 High Street Hauxton Cambridgeshire CB22 5HW
Received 20 Nov 202560 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE
Received 20 Nov 2025112 High Street Meldreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6LB
Received 21 Nov 2025Hawk Mill Farm Mill Road Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5LG
Received 21 Nov 2025Land At 24 Litlington Road Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0LY
Received 21 Nov 202522 Harvey Way Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9GJ
Received 21 Nov 2025Chrishall Grange Chrishall Grange Road Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7NT
Received 21 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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