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South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Cambridgeshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates3,462Searchable applications
649Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 1,471 approved or refused records
111Refused applications
1,360 approved · 111 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas84 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas8 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided26/01082/HFUL
Erection of outbuilding in rear garden following demolition of existing detached shed and garage.
102 Cambridge Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5JS
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/01083/S73
S73 to remove condition 3 (Occupancy) of planning permission S/1141/13/FL (Change of use from mixed A1 & C3 use to C3 use (vacant shop to ancillary residential annexe)) which restricts occupation of the annexe to purposes ancillary to the main dwelling.
88 Annexe At London Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DR
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided25/04305/CONDA
Submission of details required by condition 3 (Precise details) and 4 (Railings and Gates) of planning permission 25/04305/FUL
All Saints Church Church Way Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JR
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01085/CL2PD
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for the installation of a Storage Container for the sole use of storage of Football and Sports Equipment for Milton Colts Football Club & Milton FC.
Sycamores Recreation Ground The Sycamores Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6XJ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided20/03523/COND10
Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 10 (Cycle route details) (for southern access / Building 1 and Transport Hub only)) of planning permission 20/03523/FUL
Land In The North West Part Of The St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Milton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0ZT
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/01092/ADV
Display of 1 No. internally illuminated 5-meter EV totem signage.
Supermarket, Petrol Station Broad Street Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 6EY
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/0283/TTCA
T1 - Spruce - Fell due to lifting of slabs T2 - Apple - Reduce height by 2.5m (to previous reduction points)
2-4 Church End Horningsea Cambridgeshire CB25 9JH
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/0286/TTCA
Sycamore to be pollarded back to knuckle as shown in photo attached (approx 6/7 metres). This tree has been pollarded every 4/5 years at least for the last 34 years.
65 High Street Toft Cambridgeshire CB23 2RL
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/01095/PRIOR
Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to 4 No. Dwellinghouses (Class C3)
Rectory Farm Scotland Road Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8AS
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Unknown26/01096/TELNOT
Installation of 1no 9m medium wooden pole
77 Kingsway Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QN
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Unknown26/01097/TELNOT
Installation of 2no 9m medium wooden pole
82 Kingsway Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QN
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Unknown26/01098/TELNOT
Installation of 3no 9m medium wooden pole
85A Kingsway Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QN
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01099/FUL
Single storey extension to main building, adjoining with existing kayak shelter to front.
The Scout Hut Margett Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8QY
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01100/FUL
Partial removal of existing single storey office structure and CO2 tank, and installation of 1 vertical CO2 storage tank with associated operational works.
Broad Lane Industrial Estate Broad Lane Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8SW
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01101/HFUL
Single storey front entrance extension.
38 Dunstal Field Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8UH
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/0288/TTPO
Urgent Tree work - Sycamore (Dead) - FellElm(Dead) - Fell
Street Record Footpath Off The Coppice Impington Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01102/LBC
Replacement of six existing casement windows
Gog Magog Hills Estate, East House Babraham Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 3AE
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01103/LBC
Replacement of three sash windows
Gog Magog Hills Estate, East House Babraham Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 3AE
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01104/LBC
Removal of asbestos-cement soffit linings to an external canopy and their replacement with a non-combustible, mineral board finished in white mineral paint to match the existing appearance.
South Lodge Pampisford Road Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AH
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01105/HFUL
Single storey rear/side extension, alterations to existing rear windows, new doors to replace windows to rear and side and new flat roof to rear.
5 Drake Way Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9BA
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01107/PRIOR
Partial change of use of an existing agricultural building to a Storage or Distribution (Class B8)
Scotland Farm Scotland Road Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8AU
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01108/HFUL
Single storey rear/side extension.
4 Foxton Road Barrington Cambridgeshire CB22 7RN
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01109/FUL
Temporary Retention of 2 No. monitoring boreholes and their associated headworks (retrospective).
Land East Of RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes Swavesey Cambridgeshire
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01110/HFUL
Demolish existing kennels building. Erection of single storey annexe to rear.
The Lodge High Road Tadlow Cambridgeshire SG8 0ER
Received 20 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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