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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.
1,305 approved · 107 refused · 178 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
153 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HJ
Received 22 Jan 2026Golders Farm Fox Road Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TX
Received 22 Jan 2026Land Adj To Madingley Road Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire
Received 23 Jan 2026Land At 84 Histon Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8UD
Received 22 Jan 2026S/O 1 Appletree Close Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8UJ
Received 22 Jan 2026Opp 52 Histon Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8UD
Received 22 Jan 2026121 High Street Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EP
Received 23 Jan 202643 Willow Crescent Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6BY
Received 23 Jan 2026Land Between Shepherds Court And 29 Schole Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5JD
Received 23 Jan 2026Outside 60 Main Road Little Gransden Cambridgeshire SG19 3DL
Received 22 Jan 2026Outside 1 Church Walk Little Gransden Cambridgeshire SG19 3DY
Received 22 Jan 202612 And 14 Comberton Road Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BA
Received 23 Jan 2026Marleigh Phase 3 Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 21 Jan 202633 South Road Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AU
Received 23 Jan 2026Land South Of Longstanton Road Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire
Received 23 Jan 2026Land Adj 31 Blakeland Hill Duxford Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Jan 20268 Brook Street Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HX
Received 26 Jan 2026Former Grain Store Tinkers Lane Kingston Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Jan 202618 Horseshoe Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EQ
Received 26 Jan 2026Waterbeach Barracks Key Phase 1 North Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA
Received 26 Jan 2026Imperial War Museum, Building 61 Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR
Received 26 Jan 2026Land Off Royston Road Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7NH
Received 26 Jan 2026Water End Barn Brook End Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PP
Received 26 Jan 2026Macshill Cottage Caxton Road Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2SX
Received 26 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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