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South Cambridgeshire District Council
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Cambridgeshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

3,297Searchable applications

640Recorded as pending

92%Approval rate · 1,392 approved or refused records

106Refused applications

1,286 approved · 106 refused · 174 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning and Building Control

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas84 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas8 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

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Decided25/04858/ADV
Illuminated lettering/logo signs
59 - 61 High Street Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7PZ
Received 15 Dec 2025
Awaiting decision25/04859/FUL
New potato store to serve existing Savoursmiths crisp factory along with retrospective permission for the siting of Store A approved under 24/04829/FUL along with access and associated infrastructure.
Manor Farm Church Street Thriplow Cambridgeshire
Received 15 Dec 2025
Decided25/04863/FUL
Erection of a single self-build dwelling and associated infrastructure and works.
Land Adjacent To Spring House Church Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire
Received 15 Dec 2025
Decided25/04865/FUL
Change of use of residential annexe to holiday let accommodation, including minor external alterations and revised access arrangements.
29 The Common West Wratting Cambridgeshire CB21 5LR
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided25/04866/FUL
Erection of 1no dwellinghouse.
83 Whitwell Way Coton Cambridgeshire CB23 7PW
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided25/04867/TDC
Technical Details Consent for the erection of 1 dwelling pursuant to the grant of Permission in Principle under 24/00513/PIP
10B Church Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EL
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided25/04868/HFUL
Single-story rear extension and garage conversion
26 St Margarets Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0LT
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided23/04568/CONDE
Submission of details required by conditions 13 (Lighting design stratergy for biodiversity) and 14 (Water efficiency) of planning permission 23/04568/FUL.
Land To North Of 26 High Street Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6PP
Received 16 Dec 2025
DecidedS/1886/11/COND23
Submission of the details required by condition 23 (interim certificate) of outline planning permission ref: S/1886/11 as varied by planning permission ref: S/2036/13/VC in relation to Lot S1 and S2 (as approved under reference 21/04036/REM).
Lots S1 And S2, North West Cambridge Development Eddington Avenue Cambridge CB3 0LH
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided25/04871/HFUL
Two storey side and rear extension, following demolition of existing single storey elements.
37 Church Lane Graveley Cambridgeshire PE19 6PW
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided25/04873/REM
Reserved matters application for the approval of appearance, landscaping and scale for the communal areas of the site following outline planning permission 24/03285/OUT.
Land South West Of Lanacre 86 Chrishall Road Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7RY
Received 11 Dec 2025
Decided25/04874/HFUL
Single storey side extension to garage
121 Waterbeach Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FA
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided25/04878/HFUL
Single storey rear extension and partial garage conversion to enlarge kitchen/dining room.
9 The Lawns Close Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6DR
Received 16 Dec 2025
Awaiting decision24/00043/COND15
Submission of details required by condition 15 (strategy for youth faciliites and children's play provision) of planning permission 24/00043/S73
Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 11 Dec 2025
Decided24/00043/COND27
Submission of details required by condition 27 (code for sustainable homes) of planning permission 24/00043/S73
Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 11 Dec 2025
Awaiting decision24/00043/COND33
Submission of details required by condition 33 (access Thorpe Way Ditch) of planning permission 24/00043/S73
Marshall North Works Newmarket Road Fen Ditton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8AA
Received 11 Dec 2025
Decided24/00043/COND35
Submission of details required by condition 35 (construction environmental management plan) of planning permission 24/00043/S73
Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 11 Dec 2025
Awaiting decision24/00043/COND39
Submission of details required by condition 39 (noise impact assessment) of planning permission 24/00043/S73
Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 11 Dec 2025
Decided24/00043/COND45
Submission of details required by condition 45 (construction method statement) of planning permission 24/00043/S73
Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 11 Dec 2025
Decided24/00043/COND50
Submission of details required by condition 50 (water efficiency specification ) of planning permission 24/00043/S73
Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 11 Dec 2025
Decided24/00043/COND51
Submission of details required by condition 51 (sustainable homes ) of planning permission 24/00043/S73
Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 11 Dec 2025
Decided25/04881/HFUL
Construction of a porch and x2 dormer windows
2 Stubbs Oak Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3DQ
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided25/1455/TTCA
T4 - POPLAR x 20ms high and previously pollarded - repollard by reduction of 2.5ms regrowth, leaving at 17.5ms tall,
Babraham Research Campus, Babraham Hall High Street Babraham Cambridgeshire CB22 3AT
Received 16 Dec 2025
Decided25/04882/HFUL
Erection of replacement garage
2 Kingston Road Great Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HT
Received 16 Dec 2025

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What these statistics cover

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.

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