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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Cambridgeshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,365 approved · 111 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Telegraph Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8QU
Received 25 Mar 202657 Chaffinch Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5AP
Received 26 Mar 2026Parcel 2.3 Phase 2B Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Mar 2026Parcel 2.3 Phase 2B Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Mar 2026Parcel 2.2b (south) Phase 1 Land To The West Of Cambourne Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Mar 202629 Villa Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9NZ
Received 26 Mar 2026Dales Manor Business Park Grove Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3TJ
Received 26 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To North Grove Long Lane Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7TG
Received 26 Mar 2026Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TQ
Received 26 Mar 2026Northstowe Phase 3A Rampton Road Longstanton Cambs
Received 26 Mar 202699 Barrons Way Comberton Cambridgeshire CB23 7DR
Received 26 Mar 2026Land To The East Of B1050 And Longstanton West Of The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (CGB) And North Of Oakington
Received 26 Mar 202610 Berrycroft Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5JX
Received 26 Mar 2026143 Caxton End Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2ST
Received 26 Mar 2026Hinxton Hall Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire
Received 26 Mar 2026All Saints Church Church Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5HG
Received 26 Mar 2026Kings Barn High Street Horningsea Cambridgeshire CB25 9JG
Received 27 Mar 202628 Priams Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DT
Received 27 Mar 2026Waterbeach Barracks Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA
Received 27 Mar 2026Bourn Cofe Primary School Riddy Lane Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2SP
Received 27 Mar 2026117 Watermead Bar Hill Cambridgeshire CB23 8TN
Received 1 Apr 2026Land To The South Of The Drift Little Gransden Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Mar 202656 West End Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4LX
Received 27 Mar 202615 Symonds Close Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9HQ
Received 27 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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