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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1,348 approved · 110 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Cambridge North Station Milton Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Mar 2026Land North Of Cambridge North Station Milton Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Mar 2026The Mayfair London Road Six Mile Bottom Little Wilbraham CB8 0UJ
Received 5 Mar 2026Holly Tree Cottage 9 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES
Received 5 Mar 20262 Isons Close Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7TW
Received 5 Mar 2026Land North Of Cowley Road And Adjacent To The Wild Park Cambridge
Received 5 Mar 202636 Streetly End West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4RP
Received 5 Mar 202636 Streetly End West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4RP
Received 5 Mar 202611 Scotts Gardens Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NR
Received 5 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To 10 Coles Lane Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AF
Received 5 Mar 20266 Mill Lane Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RD
Received 5 Mar 202634 Vickers Way Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 6EP
Received 5 Mar 2026Unit 31 Cave Industrial Estate Chesterton Fen Road Milton Cambridgeshire CB4 1UN
Received 2 Mar 2026North Side Of A1301 Mill Lane, Saffron Walden, CB10 1RQ
Received 26 Feb 202641 Stanley Webb Close Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3FE
Received 5 Mar 2026Bwthyn Bach Church Lane Knapwell Cambridgeshire CB23 4NW
Received 5 Mar 2026Lyndhurst, Storage Building Station Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3DS
Received 5 Mar 2026Lunleen House 3A High Street Little Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HE
Received 5 Mar 20266 Queens Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HL
Received 5 Mar 202673 Common Road Weston Colville Cambridgeshire CB21 5NS
Received 5 Mar 2026Land East Of Long Road Comberton Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Mar 2026Taylors Close Potton End Eltisley Cambridgeshire PE19 6TH
Received 5 Mar 2026Welch's Transport Ltd Moorfield Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PS
Received 5 Mar 2026Hepworth Farm Ely Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9NN
Received 5 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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