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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.
1,316 approved · 107 refused · 179 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
17 Green Man Lane Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7PY
Received 30 Jan 202613 Brook Close Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9XL
Received 30 Jan 2026Thriplow Farm Lodge Road Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RN
Received 30 Jan 2026Thriplow Farm Lodge Road Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RN
Received 30 Jan 2026Recreation Ground High Street Meldreth Cambridgeshire
Received 30 Jan 2026Welch's Transport Ltd Moorfield Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PS
Received 30 Jan 2026Welch's Transport Ltd Moorfield Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PS
Received 30 Jan 202633 High Street West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4RY
Received 2 Feb 2026Five Acres, H F I Helicopters Heath Road Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3LH
Received 2 Feb 2026Recreation Ground Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PD
Received 2 Feb 202642 Churchfield Avenue Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3LA
Received 2 Feb 202636 Smith Street Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HY
Received 2 Feb 2026Seven Elms Long Lane Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7TG
Received 2 Feb 2026Vicarage Cottage 15 Burton End West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4SD
Received 2 Feb 20266 Savile Way Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7TU
Received 2 Feb 202621 Princes Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EE
Received 2 Feb 2026Trees Within The Boundary Fence Of IWM Opposite 22 Ledo Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QW
Received 2 Feb 202652 Chapel Lane Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7SD
Received 2 Feb 20262 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES
Received 2 Feb 2026Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ
Received 2 Feb 2026Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD
Received 2 Feb 2026Teversham Cofe Va Primary School Church Road Teversham Cambridgeshire CB1 9AZ
Received 2 Feb 2026Shepherd's Wood Main Street Caldecote Cambridgeshire CB23 7NU
Received 2 Feb 2026Land Rear Of 2 Pieces Terrace Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9NE
Received 2 Feb 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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