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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.
1,349 approved · 110 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Cambridge Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SH
Received 6 Mar 202610 Church Lane Madingley Cambridgeshire CB23 8AF
Received 6 Mar 202612 The Baulks Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3NP
Received 6 Mar 202633 Church Lane Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BQ
Received 6 Mar 2026Impington Village College New Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9LX
Received 6 Mar 2026Greenacres 1 Park Lane Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8DB
Received 6 Mar 2026The Copse New Road Impington Cambridgeshire
Received 6 Mar 20268 Taylors Lane Swavesey Cambridgeshire CB24 4QN
Received 6 Mar 2026Deal Business Park Cambridge Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3FL
Received 9 Mar 202620 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW
Received 9 Mar 202622 Barrington Road Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6QB
Received 9 Mar 2026Mill House Farm Lane Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RP
Received 9 Mar 202642A Cambridge Road Wimpole Cambridgeshire SG8 5QE
Received 9 Mar 202638 Symonds Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4HY
Received 9 Mar 202615 Berrycroft Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5JX
Received 9 Mar 2026Tennis Courts Recreation Ground Gog Magog Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire
Received 9 Mar 20269 Hammonds Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BH
Received 9 Mar 20269 Hammonds Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BH
Received 9 Mar 202651 Thornhill Place Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3EE
Received 9 Mar 2026Land To The West Of Shenandoah Park Lane Gamlingay Cambridgeshire
Received 9 Mar 20269A Church Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0NJ
Received 9 Mar 2026Clare College Farm A14 Junction 25 From Junction 31 Off Slip Lolworth Cambridgeshire CB23 8DN
Received 9 Mar 20268 Mill Lane Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RD
Received 9 Mar 20266 Fenny Lane Meldreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6NN
Received 9 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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