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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.
1,335 approved · 109 refused · 182 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Rogers Close Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JJ
Received 10 Feb 2026The Meadow Streetly End West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4RP
Received 10 Feb 20265 Spinney Drive Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LY
Received 10 Feb 20267 Thornton Close Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0NF
Received 10 Feb 20266 St Michaels Longstanton CB24 3BZ
Received 11 Feb 202615 Cotterells Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JR
Received 11 Feb 2026Highbank Church Lane Kingston Cambridgeshire CB23 2NG
Received 11 Feb 202623 Dovecote Avenue Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 6FX
Received 11 Feb 2026Waterbeach Barracks And Airfield Key Phase 1 North And East. Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA
Received 11 Feb 2026Waterbeach Barracks And Airfield Key Phase 1 North Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA
Received 11 Feb 2026Waterbeach Barracks Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA
Received 11 Feb 2026Waterbeach Barracks And Airfield Key Phase 1 North, Waterbeach Gardens Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA
Received 11 Feb 202611 Chestnut Close Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JU
Received 11 Feb 2026Land Adj Northstowe Phase 2 Northstowe Cambs
Received 11 Feb 202613 Violet Close Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB1 9YW
Received 11 Feb 2026Fen Drayton Primary School Cootes Lane Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SL
Received 11 Feb 20262 Glebe Way Impington Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 9JB
Received 11 Feb 202621 Church End Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3EP
Received 11 Feb 202631 Church End Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3EP
Received 11 Feb 2026Brookside Lighting The Old School Ermine Street North Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire CB23 3RH
Received 11 Feb 202627 Church End Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3EP
Received 11 Feb 2026Land South West Of Milton Park And Ride Butt Lane Milton Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Feb 202619 Station Road Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9LQ
Received 12 Feb 2026Parcels 1.3B, 1.3C, 1.3E, 1.4A And 1.4B Sheepfold Lane Cambourne Cambs CB23 6EA
Received 12 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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