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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.
1,303 approved · 107 refused · 177 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Church Street Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JE
Received 19 Jan 202652 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE
Received 19 Jan 202621 Royston Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NW
Received 19 Jan 202678 Beechwood Avenue Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6BW
Received 19 Jan 20264 Beech Way Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4LA
Received 19 Jan 202645 Queens Close Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7QW
Received 15 Jan 2026191 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0GW
Received 19 Jan 20265 Lewis Crescent Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AG
Received 15 Jan 202662 Station Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5ES
Received 19 Jan 20266A Lewis Crescent Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AG
Received 15 Jan 202616 Queens Close Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7QL
Received 15 Jan 20265 Pound Lane Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5UN
Received 19 Jan 202634 West Street Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5PL
Received 19 Jan 2026Impington Village College New Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9LX
Received 19 Jan 202635 Willow Way Hauxton Cambridgeshire CB22 5JB
Received 19 Jan 20267 River View Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5FW
Received 19 Jan 202624 Church Road Teversham Cambridgeshire CB1 9AZ
Received 19 Jan 2026Land To The West Of 118 To 134 Middle Watch Swavesey Cambridgeshire
Received 20 Jan 202636 Villa Road Northstowe Cambridgeshire CB24 1BU
Received 20 Jan 202687 High Street Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1QY
Received 20 Jan 2026Willow Barn Lotfield Street Orwell Cambridgeshire SG8 5QT
Received 20 Jan 2026Land Between Shepherds Court & 29 Schole Road Willingham Cambridge CB24 5JD
Received 20 Jan 2026Wilbraham Temple 18 Temple End Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JF
Received 20 Jan 20268 Marmalade Lane Orchard Park Cambridgeshire CB4 2ZE
Received 20 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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