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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.
1,348 approved · 110 refused · 186 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Church Lane Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BQ
Received 4 Mar 202633 Church Lane Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BQ
Received 4 Mar 20266 Hammond Close Pampisford Cambridgeshire CB22 3EP
Received 4 Mar 202618 Church End Rampton Cambridgeshire CB24 8QA
Received 4 Mar 2026Holly Cottage Rectory Lane Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7TJ
Received 4 Mar 2026Glebe House 64 High Street Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1QY
Received 4 Mar 202657 Rockmill End Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HY
Received 4 Mar 202611 Station Road Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9LQ
Received 4 Mar 202670 Lambs Lane Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TA
Received 4 Mar 202659 Rockmill End Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HY
Received 3 Mar 202681 Wilford Furlong Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5JJ
Received 3 Mar 202613 Wilford Furlong Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5JJ
Received 3 Mar 2026Fulbourn Recreation Ground, Sports And Social Club Home End Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5BS
Received 4 Mar 202614 Graham Road Orchard Park Cambridgeshire CB4 2WP
Received 4 Mar 2026Showhome 34 Rockmill End Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HY
Received 3 Mar 202663 Glebe Field Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5AS
Received 3 Mar 202630 Brickhills Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5JH
Received 3 Mar 202656 Brickhills Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5JH
Received 3 Mar 2026Opp 38 Whittlesford Road Newton Cambridgeshire CB22 7PH
Received 4 Mar 202660 South End Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NL
Received 4 Mar 2026Land South West Of Lanacre 86 Chrishall Road Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7RY
Received 4 Mar 2026Opp 46 Whittlesford Road Newton Cambridgeshire CB22 7PH
Received 4 Mar 202612 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES
Received 4 Mar 2026The Mayfair London Road Six Mile Bottom Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB8 0UJ
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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