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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.
1,340 approved · 109 refused · 183 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mill Field Farm 88 King Streeet Rampton Cambridge CB24 8QD
Received 12 Feb 202611 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0LP
Received 12 Feb 202611 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0LP
Received 12 Feb 20268 Shirley Road Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9JR
Received 12 Feb 2026Control Tower Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Feb 2026Manor Farm Clayhithe Road Horningsea Cambridgeshire CB25 9JE
Received 13 Feb 20262 Cambridge Square Milton Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0AE
Received 13 Feb 2026Kings Farm High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8SA
Received 13 Feb 2026The Manor Woodside Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3BU
Received 13 Feb 20267 West Field Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BE
Received 13 Feb 202670 Lambs Lane Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TA
Received 13 Feb 20262 Old Rectory Drive Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8BU
Received 16 Feb 20262 Old Rectory Drive Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8BU
Received 16 Feb 2026Land To West Of 7 Brewery Lane Meldreth Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Feb 2026Yole Farm Linton Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HB
Received 16 Feb 2026Greens Infront Of The Pumping Station To The North Of Primary School The Lanes Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Feb 2026Willow Barn Lotfield Street Orwell Cambridgeshire SG8 5QT
Received 16 Feb 2026Brambles 1 Fox Road Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TU
Received 16 Feb 2026Chaston House 1 Mill Court Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LD
Received 16 Feb 2026Recreation Ground Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
Received 16 Feb 2026Parcel 2.2B North, Cambourne West, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Feb 202647 Hinton Way Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5AZ
Received 16 Feb 2026Land Opposite 37 Fox Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EZ
Received 10 Feb 20268 Harston Road Newton Cambridgeshire CB22 7PA
Received 16 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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