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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.
1,276 approved · 106 refused · 172 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
80 High Street Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0QL
Received 24 Nov 2025101 Mill Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HY
Received 24 Nov 20252 Brookhampton Street Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SP
Received 24 Nov 2025Vitrum Building St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WS
Received 24 Nov 20254A Spring Lane Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5HZ
Received 25 Nov 202520-24 Pierce Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5DL
Received 25 Nov 2025Land At Station Road Willingham Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Nov 2025Lower Farm, Lower Thatch Barn Long Lane Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7TG
Received 25 Nov 2025Uplands Croydon Hill Croydon Cambridgeshire SG8 0DZ
Received 25 Nov 2025Land Between 19 And 21 Main Street Stow Cum Quy Cambridgeshire CB25 9AB
Received 25 Nov 202519 Linton Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HA
Received 25 Nov 202535 Smith Street Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HY
Received 20 Nov 202514 Percheron Close Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9YX
Received 25 Nov 202547 Fulbourn Road Teversham Cambridgeshire CB1 9AJ
Received 25 Nov 2025The Cottages 8 Comberton Road Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BA
Received 25 Nov 20254 Station Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9HT
Received 26 Nov 20251 Farm Rise Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4LZ
Received 26 Nov 202561A Fowlmere Road Heydon Cambridgeshire SG8 8PZ
Received 26 Nov 2025Trees On IWM Site Between Pepperslade And Ledo Rd IWM The Officers Mess Business Centre Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR
Received 26 Nov 2025Land South Of Newmarket Road Bottisham CB25 9BD
Received 26 Nov 202526 Evans Way Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BX
Received 25 Nov 20256 Angle Lane Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6QH
Received 26 Nov 2025Site Adjacent To 27 West Drive Highfields Caldecote Caldecote Cambridgeshire CB23 7NY
Received 26 Nov 2025The Lamb Yard At 73 High Street West Wratting Cambridgeshire CB21 5LU
Received 26 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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