Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
1,376 approved · 111 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Greenbanks Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6AS
Received 9 Apr 2026Rectory Farm Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EZ
Received 9 Apr 2026Grange Farm Grange Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4WF
Received 9 Apr 20266 Lambs Lane Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TA
Received 9 Apr 202633 Church Lane Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BQ
Received 9 Apr 20265 Soule Croft Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3FZ
Received 9 Apr 202637 The Moor Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6ED
Received 10 Apr 202635 Thornton Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0NP
Received 10 Apr 2026239 Hinton Way Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5AN
Received 10 Apr 202651 Wimpole Road Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AB
Received 11 Mar 202633 Church Lane Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BQ
Received 10 Apr 2026St Marys Church Church Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3JR
Received 10 Apr 2026The Former Bishops Site Cambridge Road Impington Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 9NU
Received 10 Apr 202659 - 61 High Street Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7PZ
Received 10 Apr 2026Fulwells 97 High Street Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JT
Received 9 Apr 2026The Plough Inn Green End Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SX
Received 10 Apr 202638 Station Road (West) Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NL
Received 10 Apr 202615 High Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EH
Received 13 Apr 202687 High Street Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0JS
Received 13 Apr 202640 Church Street Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DS
Received 13 Apr 20267 Davey Close Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9YJ
Received 13 Apr 2026239 Hinton Way Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5AN
Received 13 Apr 2026Uplands Croydon Hill Croydon Cambridgeshire SG8 0DZ
Received 13 Apr 20265 Coles Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JS
Received 13 Apr 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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