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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.
1,277 approved · 106 refused · 173 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Abington Pottery High Street Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BG
Received 3 Dec 2025Street Record Gog Magog Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BQ
Received 3 Dec 202524 Tamarin Gardens Teversham Cambridgeshire CB1 9GH
Received 3 Dec 2025Worsted Lodge London Road Old A11 Babraham Cambridgeshire CB22 3AX
Received 3 Dec 202540 High Street Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TR
Received 14 Nov 20256 Glebe Way Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9JB
Received 3 Dec 2025Land To The Rear Of 130 Middle Watch Swavesey Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Dec 202532 Heydon Road Great And Little Chishill Cambridgeshire SG8 8SR
Received 3 Dec 2025The Rectory 19 West Wratting Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4DX
Received 20 Nov 2025120 Girton Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0LW
Received 4 Dec 2025Lambs Cross Rampton Drift Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AR
Received 4 Dec 2025Shepreth Wildlife Park Station Road Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6PZ
Received 4 Dec 2025Land At Hillside Lane Arrington Cambridgeshire SG8 0DA
Received 4 Dec 2025Parcel D Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ
Received 4 Dec 2025Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD
Received 4 Dec 202521 Mill Lane Arrington Cambridgeshire SG8 0DB
Received 4 Dec 202532 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES
Received 4 Dec 202587 Main Street Hardwick Cambridgeshire CB23 7QU
Received 4 Dec 2025The Manor Dock Lane Horningsea Cambridgeshire CB25 9JF
Received 4 Dec 20257 Sternes Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DA
Received 4 Dec 2025Fen Ditton Footpath And Land Behind Ditton Hall And 31 High Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire
Received 4 Dec 2025North House, Units 1 To 3 Dunsbridge Turnpike Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6RA
Received 5 Dec 20258 Hinton Way Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BE
Received 5 Dec 2025Junction Of Fulbourn Old Drift And Gazelle Way, Cambridge
Received 5 Dec 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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