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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.
1,300 approved · 106 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 High Street West Wratting Cambridgeshire CB21 5LU
Received 9 Jan 20266 Sternes Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DA
Received 9 Jan 2026Mill House, Windmill Cambridge Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5EG
Received 9 Jan 2026Marleigh Phase 3 Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 9 Jan 202620 St Edmund's Way Hauxton Cambridgeshire CB22 5FP
Received 8 Jan 202622 Mailes Close Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BQ
Received 8 Jan 2026Home Farm, Home Farm House High Street Babraham Cambridgeshire CB22 3AG
Received 9 Jan 2026Louisville South Street Litlington Cambridgeshire SG8 0QR
Received 9 Jan 20264 Mingle Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BG
Received 9 Jan 2026Frog End Farmhouse Fen Road Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5LF
Received 9 Jan 2026101 High Street Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RF
Received 12 Jan 202622 Poplar Close Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LX
Received 12 Jan 2026Breydon Acre Road Carlton Cambridgeshire CB8 9LF
Received 12 Jan 202624 Roman Hill Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AX
Received 12 Jan 2026Emerald House Royston Road Litlington Cambridgeshire SG8 0RR
Received 12 Jan 2026Linton Village College Cambridge Road Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JB
Received 12 Jan 20269 High Street Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4LT
Received 12 Jan 2026Bartholomews Shepreth Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SU
Received 12 Jan 20263 Shepreth Lake Dunsbridge Turnpike Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6UP
Received 12 Jan 20263 Shepreth Lake Dunsbridge Turnpike Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6UP
Received 12 Jan 2026Darwin Green Phases Two And Three Development Site Cambridge Road Impington Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Jan 202615 Park Lane Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9JJ
Received 12 Jan 2026Gog Magog Golf Course Babraham Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 3AB
Received 12 Jan 20261 School Lane Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BD
Received 12 Jan 2026Records 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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