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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1,286 approved · 106 refused · 175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East Anglias Childrens Hospices Church Lane Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6AB
Received 22 Dec 2025Land Adj 39 South Road Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AU
Received 22 Dec 2025Street Record Footpath Between Haden Way And Over Road Willingham Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Dec 202529 Over Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5EU
Received 18 Dec 2025Whitehall Farm, R H Topham And Sons Ltd Cambridge Road Croxton Cambridgeshire PE19 6SS
Received 22 Dec 2025Thriplow Cofe Va Primary School School Lane Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH
Received 22 Dec 20253A Cambridge Road Coton Cambridgeshire CB23 7PJ
Received 22 Dec 2025Outside 1A Over Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5EU
Received 18 Dec 2025Opposite 26 Haden Way Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HB
Received 18 Dec 2025Street Record Hereford Way Willingham Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Dec 2025S/O 2 Westmeadow Close Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HL
Received 18 Dec 2025O/S Dockerill Farm Willingham Road Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5PF
Received 18 Dec 2025Land Off Royston Road Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7NH
Received 22 Dec 2025Land East Of Spring Lane Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Dec 2025Cold Harbour Farm Ashwell Road Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire SG7 5NF
Received 22 Dec 202514 Woottens Close Comberton Cambridgeshire CB23 7DA
Received 22 Dec 2025The Guildhall 2 - 6 North Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4XF
Received 22 Dec 202582 Swaynes Lane Comberton Cambridgeshire CB23 7EF
Received 23 Dec 2025Brookfield Business Centre, Malary House Units 3A-3B Twentypence Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8PS
Received 23 Dec 2025Holly Lodge Coxs Drove Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5HE
Received 23 Dec 202563 Middle Watch Swavesey Cambridgeshire CB24 4RW
Received 23 Dec 202524 Chiswick End Meldreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6LZ
Received 23 Dec 2025Bridge Farm Earith Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5LT
Received 23 Dec 202549 Barley Road Great And Little Chishill Cambridgeshire SG8 8SD
Received 23 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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