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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1,286 approved · 106 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
135 Station Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP
Received 19 Dec 2025Hall Farm Church Road Teversham Cambridgeshire CB1 9AP
Received 19 Dec 20253 Anvil Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4AN
Received 22 Dec 2025Hangar 5 Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR
Received 22 Dec 2025Land In The North West Part Of The St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Milton Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Dec 202533 Springfield Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HX
Received 22 Dec 202546 Orchard Close Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TN
Received 22 Dec 2025Land On The West Side Of 3 Teversham Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5EB
Received 22 Dec 2025Land West Of Longstanton Park And Ride Station Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Dec 2025The Gables Meeting Lane Litlington Cambridgeshire SG8 0QF
Received 22 Dec 2025Building 209 Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Dec 2025Land R/O 300 High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TX
Received 22 Dec 20253 Joiners Road Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4NP
Received 22 Dec 202554 Duxford Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NQ
Received 22 Dec 2025154 Bridge Street Whaddon Cambridgeshire SG8 5SN
Received 22 Dec 2025White House West Wickham Road Horseheath Cambridgeshire CB21 4QA
Received 22 Dec 202526 Springfield Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HX
Received 22 Dec 202529 Springfield Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HX
Received 22 Dec 202581 Evans Way Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BX
Received 22 Dec 2025Land At Wraggs Farm Ermine Way Arrington Cambridgeshire SG8 0AU
Received 22 Dec 2025Vitrum Building St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WS
Received 22 Dec 202555 Cow Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5HB
Received 22 Dec 202522 London Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DD
Received 22 Dec 2025Vitrum Building St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WS
Received 22 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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