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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.
1,360 approved · 111 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 High Street Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6DZ
Received 20 Mar 202613 High Street Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JD
Received 20 Mar 202622 North End Meldreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6NR
Received 20 Mar 2026Darwin Green Phases Two And Three Development Site Cambridge Road Impington Cambridgeshire
Received 20 Mar 2026Land In The North West Part Of The St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Milton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0ZT
Received 19 Mar 2026Land In The North West Part Of The St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Milton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0ZT
Received 19 Mar 2026Land In The North West Part Of The St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Milton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0ZT
Received 19 Mar 202619 Leeway Avenue Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5AU
Received 20 Mar 2026New Barn High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES
Received 20 Mar 202614 Comfrey Court Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB1 9YJ
Received 20 Mar 202612 Fen End Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5NE
Received 23 Mar 20267 High Street Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4LT
Received 23 Mar 20267 High Street Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4LT
Received 23 Mar 2026Oak Tree Cottage St Neots Road Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 3PH
Received 23 Mar 2026Oak Tree Cottage St Neots Road Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 3PH
Received 23 Mar 202657 Station Road Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9LQ
Received 23 Mar 2026St Mary And St Johns Church Church Green Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RS
Received 23 Mar 20265 Grange Road Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SZ
Received 23 Mar 2026Highbank Church Lane Kingston Cambridgeshire CB23 2NG
Received 23 Mar 2026Beech Farm Church Street Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7NR
Received 23 Mar 20266 York Drive Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 6JF
Received 23 Mar 2026Parcels 5.1, 5.2 And 5.3, Key Phase 1 Waterbeach Barracks Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA
Received 23 Mar 20264A Barrington Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SJ
Received 23 Mar 2026Impington Village College New Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9LX
Received 23 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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