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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.
1,268 approved · 106 refused · 172 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3C Moor Drove Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9AN
Received 10 Sept 2025Slawek Farm West Fen Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5LP
Received 11 Sept 202551 South End Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NL
Received 12 Sept 2025Land North Of Rampton Road And East Of Jubilee Drive Cottenham Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Sept 2025Land To The West Of Primary School Hurdleditch Road Orwell Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Sept 20251-33 Southbrook Field Sheltered Housing Southbrook Field Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire CB23 3UW
Received 26 Sept 2025Parcel 2.3 Phase 2B Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Sept 2025Enterprise House And Discovery House Chivers Way Histon Cambs CB24 9ZR
Received 29 Sept 2025Malton Golf Club Malton Road Orwell Cambridgeshire SG8 6PE
Received 13 Oct 2025Land North Of Cherry Hinton Coldhams Lane Cambridge CB1 3LG
Received 16 Oct 202521 The Green Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9JA
Received 20 Oct 202519 Church Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0NJ
Received 21 Oct 202536 Litlington Road Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0LY
Received 22 Oct 2025Parcel 3.2A, Cambourne West, Cambourne
Received 27 Oct 20259 Mill Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9PE
Received 28 Oct 2025354 High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TX
Received 29 Oct 2025250 High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8RZ
Received 30 Oct 2025Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR
Received 30 Oct 2025Land North Of Cherry Hinton Coldhams Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 30 Oct 20251 Ickleton Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4RT
Received 3 Nov 2025St Clairs The Green Weston Colville Cambridgeshire CB21 5NT
Received 3 Nov 20256 Thruffle Way Bar Hill Cambridgeshire CB23 8TR
Received 4 Nov 20252 Blue Lion Close Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8ZB
Received 4 Nov 202533 High Street Knapwell Cambridgeshire CB23 4NR
Received 4 Nov 2025Records 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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