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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.
1,356 approved · 111 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
62 Glebe Road Barrington Cambridgeshire CB22 7RP
Received 17 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To Northstowe House Rampton Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3EN
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To Northstowe House Rampton Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3EN
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To Northstowe House Rampton Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3EN
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To Northstowe House Rampton Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3EN
Received 13 Mar 2026Land South Of Stanton Mereway Willingham Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Mar 2026Fowlmere Primary School Butts Lane Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7SL
Received 17 Mar 2026Newton House 147 St Neots Road Hardwick Cambridgeshire CB23 7QJ
Received 17 Mar 202621 Princes Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EE
Received 18 Mar 2026100 High Street Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EP
Received 18 Mar 2026100 High Street Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EP
Received 18 Mar 20267 High Street Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BG
Received 18 Mar 202670 Lambs Lane Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TA
Received 18 Mar 202624 Burkett Way Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9XU
Received 18 Mar 2026Burwash Manor New Road Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7EY
Received 18 Mar 2026Five Acres, H F I Helicopters Heath Road Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3LH
Received 18 Mar 2026Street Record Edinburgh Square Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Mar 2026Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 13 Mar 202611 Church Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5HG
Received 18 Mar 202662 High Street Teversham Cambridgeshire CB1 9BJ
Received 18 Mar 202666 Haverhill Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BX
Received 18 Mar 20268 Marmalade Lane Orchard Park Cambridgeshire CB4 2ZE
Received 18 Mar 202627 Cambridge Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BL
Received 18 Mar 2026Grange Farm Cambridge Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BW
Received 18 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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