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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.
1,346 approved · 110 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47A Lambs Lane Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TB
Received 2 Mar 202666 Angle End Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JG
Received 2 Mar 20262 Mangers Lane Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4RN
Received 2 Mar 2026Moore's Farm Fowlmere Road Foxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB22 6RT
Received 2 Mar 2026Moore's Farm Fowlmere Road Foxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB22 6RT
Received 2 Mar 202621 Lode Avenue Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PX
Received 2 Mar 2026The Brew House Ley Rectory Farm Hildersham Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BP
Received 2 Mar 2026S/O 57 Station Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SA
Received 2 Mar 20266 Orchard Road Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9HN
Received 2 Mar 202660 St Edmund's Way Hauxton Cambridgeshire CB22 5FP
Received 2 Mar 202612 Silver Street Litlington Cambridgeshire SG8 0QE
Received 2 Mar 2026Mill House 49 Broadway Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TA
Received 2 Mar 202663 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES
Received 20 Feb 2026Parcel 3.2A, Cambourne West, Cambourne
Received 3 Mar 2026Fulwells 97 High Street Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JT
Received 2 Mar 20263 Longstanton Road Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5PP
Received 3 Mar 2026Land South Of Highfield Farm Royston Road Litlington Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Mar 202627 High Street Little Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HE
Received 3 Mar 202636 Farm Shop Rose And Crown Road Swavesey Cambridgeshire CB24 4RB
Received 3 Mar 2026Building 80 Imperial War Museum Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Received 4 Mar 20265 Station Road Swavesey Cambridgeshire CB24 4QJ
Received 4 Mar 20261 St Peters Street Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4RP
Received 4 Mar 202640 Gladiator Road Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 6JQ
Received 4 Mar 2026Barnsbury Stables Coxs Drove Fulbourn Cambridgeshire
Received 4 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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