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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.
1,286 approved · 106 refused · 174 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Petrol Filling Station St Neots Road Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire CB23 3PD
Received 16 Dec 2025Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Dec 2025Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Dec 2025Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Dec 20253 Teversham Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5EB
Received 17 Dec 20251 Primrose Lane Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9JZ
Received 17 Dec 2025Land At Cambridge Road Croxton Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Dec 2025Northstowe Phase 3A Rampton Road Longstanton Cambs
Received 17 Dec 2025Land North East Of Longacre Meadow Road Willingham Cambridgeshire
Received 15 Dec 20253 Back Lane Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6DD
Received 17 Dec 2025Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ
Received 17 Dec 2025Recreation Ground Lynton Way Sawston Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Dec 2025Manor Farm Milton Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9NG
Received 17 Dec 2025Land Between 1-3 And 5-9 The Cinques Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3NU
Received 17 Dec 202581 Whitwell Way Coton Cambridgeshire CB23 7PW
Received 18 Dec 202519 Hillside Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BL
Received 18 Dec 202564 High Street Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4HS
Received 8 Jan 2026Illumina Centre Granta Park Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6DF
Received 27 Nov 202534 High Street Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FT
Received 18 Dec 2025Phase 1A Of Central Gardens Parcel P2.2 Waterbeach Barracks And Airfield Site Waterbeach Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Dec 202530 Mill Lane Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5PP
Received 18 Dec 2025101 Mill Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HY
Received 18 Dec 2025Impington Village College New Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9LX
Received 18 Dec 2025Land Between 19 And 21 Main Street Stow Cum Quy Cambridgeshire CB25 9AB
Received 18 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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