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South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Cambridgeshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
3,346Searchable applications
645Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 1,418 approved or refused records
107Refused applications

1,311 approved · 107 refused · 179 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning and Building Control

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas84 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas8 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

  1. Decided26/00266/LBC

    Installation of a EV charger to existing wall of the dwelling.

    Water End Barn Brook End Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PP

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  2. Decided26/0073/TTCA

    X2 Sycamore trees to remove down to ground level.

    Acorn Cottage South Street Litlington Cambridgeshire SG8 0QR

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  3. Decided26/0074/TTCA

    T2 - One mature poplar tree to be removed.

    16 Whittlesford Road Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EW

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  4. Decided26/0075/TTCA

    Remove twin stem Sycamore tree and replace further away from the house.

    52 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  5. Decided26/0078/TTCA

    Oak - Remove

    4 The Causeway West Wratting Cambridgeshire CB21 5NA

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  6. Unknown26/00273/TELNOT

    Installation of 1 No. 10m Light wooden pole.

    OS 95 High Street Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EP

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  7. Decided26/00274/PRIOR

    Demolition of the existing vacant former Comfort Cafe.

    Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  8. Decided26/0079/TTCA

    T1: Lime - Crown reduce width and height by 5m to previous pollard points (knuckles)

    Paddock Mangers Lane Duxford Cambridgeshire

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  9. Decided26/0080/TTPO

    x1 Beech tree in the rear garden (suffering severe dieback) - Fell to ground level

    13 Church Close Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NY

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  10. Awaiting decision25/01728/CONDA

    Submission of details required by conditions 4(Foul and Surface Water Drainage), 5(Hard and Soft Landscaping),6(Bio Diversity Enhancement), 7(Energy Statement), 8(Lighting Design Strategy) and 9(Materials) of planning permission 25/01728/FUL.

    Plot 1 Rear Of 43 Middleton Way Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SU

    Received 26 Jan 2026
  11. Decided26/00281/HFUL

    Extension to existing detached garage. Storage area in roof space over existing and proposed garage. External timber staircase.

    Long Meadow Farm Long Lane Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3ES

    Received 23 Jan 2026
  12. Decided26/00282/S106A

    Modification of obligations contained within the S106 Agreement dated 24 July 2025 to include mortgagee in possession clauses.

    Land South West Of Lanacre 86 Chrishall Road Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7RY

    Received 27 Jan 2026
  13. Decided26/00286/FUL

    Change of use of agricultural land to dog walking field and associated works.

    Land On The West Side Of Holywell Ferry Road Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire

    Received 27 Jan 2026
  14. Decided25/02021/CONDA

    Submission of details required by conditions 5 (Surface Water) and 8 (Biodiversity Net Gain) of planning permission 25/02021/FUL.

    Land At Waste Management Site Ely Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PG

    Received 27 Jan 2026
  15. Decided26/0084/TTCA

    T1 Field Maple - Make safe dangerous tree by reducing it to a height of 3m.

    28 High Street Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6PP

    Received 7 Jan 2026
  16. Decided26/00289/CLUED

    Certificate of lawfulness under S191 confirming development has been implemented (S/1157/19/FL)

    Butterfly House Clay Street Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9EY

    Received 27 Jan 2026
  17. Decided26/00290/S73

    S73 to remove condition 4 (ancillary use to the use of the residential care home known as Etheldred House) of S/1157/19/FL (Change of use of staff accommodation to 9 residential care rooms (C2).

    Butterfly House Clay Street Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9EY

    Received 27 Jan 2026
  18. Decided26/00291/REM

    Reserved Matters application for a primary road and associated footways, cycleways and works. The application includes Reserved Matters details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale and the related partial discharge of Conditions 19 (Drainage Reserved Matters), 20 (Drainage Foul), 23 (Landscape and Design Reserved Matters), 24 (Landscape Management and Maintenance Plan), 26 (Tree Protection), 27 (Ecological Management Plan), 30 (Management of pillboxes and Longstanton Paddocks), and 41 (External Artificial Lighting) pursuant to outline planning permission S/2011/14/OL.

    Northstowe Phase 2 Station Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire

    Received 27 Jan 2026
  19. Decided26/00293/S73

    S73 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of ref: 24/02099/FUL (Redevelopment to form 2 No. 1 bedroom, 5 No. 2 bedroom and with associated car parking, cycle storage and bin storage (amendment to 21/01345/FUL) removal of rear balconies to bedrooms, retaining front balconies of 3sqm

    Newton House 147 St Neots Road Hardwick Cambridgeshire CB23 7QJ

    Received 28 Jan 2026
  20. Decided26/0085/TTCA

    T1 Ash - Crown reduce as illustrated on the photograph of the subject tree.

    7 Church Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HU

    Received 28 Jan 2026
  21. Decided26/0086/TTCA

    x1 Prunus cerasifera - Reduce overhanging branches by 3m (back to boundary line)

    44 North Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NZ

    Received 28 Jan 2026
  22. Awaiting decisionS/2903/14/COND9A

    Submission of details required by condition 9 (Landscape Management and Maintenance Plan - in relation to Parcel 2.3 only) of outline planning permission S/2903/14/OL

    Parcel 2.3, Phase 2B Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire

    Received 28 Jan 2026
  23. Awaiting decisionS/2903/14/COND15D

    Submission of details required by condition 15 (Landscape Details - in relation to Parcel 2.3 only) of outline planning permission S/2903/14/OL

    Parcel 2.3, Phase 2B Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire

    Received 28 Jan 2026
  24. Withdrawn26/00298/HFUL

    Rear extension to existing ancillary pottery studio within rear garden, including new timber cladding and alterations to fenestration.

    74 High Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EH

    Received 28 Jan 2026

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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.

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