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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.
1,345 approved · 109 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Granary Long Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4NS
Received 26 Feb 2026Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR
Received 25 Feb 2026161 High Street Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7QD
Received 26 Feb 20263 Ely Road Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6DD
Received 27 Feb 202651 Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire CB23 3PQ
Received 27 Feb 202613 Cotterells Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JR
Received 27 Feb 2026Footpath Near 12 Pryors Orchard Melbourn Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Feb 202634 Mill Lane Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NE
Received 26 Feb 2026Northstowe Phase 2C Rampton Drift Longstanton Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Feb 2026194 Cambridge Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5JU
Received 27 Feb 202653 High Street Harlton Cambridgeshire CB23 1ES
Received 27 Feb 2026131 The Causeway Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5JB
Received 27 Feb 20267 Kings Grove Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AZ
Received 27 Feb 20269 Water Lane Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9XW
Received 27 Feb 202670 Lambs Lane Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TA
Received 27 Feb 202612 Hillfield Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6RZ
Received 27 Feb 202642 Hillfield Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6RZ
Received 27 Feb 2026Mare's Run Car Park Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 2 Mar 202611 Church End Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3EP
Received 2 Mar 202660 High Street Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0JS
Received 2 Mar 202625 Eaton Way Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3ET
Received 2 Mar 202626 High Ditch Road Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8TE
Received 2 Mar 20262 North Lodge Park Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6UB
Received 2 Mar 20262 Weston Grove Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5DY
Received 2 Mar 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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