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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.
1,378 approved · 111 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Seven Beeches High Street Hildersham Cambridgeshire CB21 6BU
Received 17 Apr 2026Bourn Hall High Street Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TN
Received 17 Apr 2026Communications Station 94692 Sewage Disposal Works Melbourn Bypass Meldreth Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Apr 2026Scotland Farm Scotland Road Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8AU
Received 17 Apr 20262 Fen End Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5NE
Received 17 Apr 20267 High Street Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5ND
Received 17 Apr 202637 - 39 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BG
Received 17 Apr 202634 High Street Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FT
Received 20 Apr 20262 Bullen Way Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5AZ
Received 20 Apr 202626 Moorfield Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PS
Received 20 Apr 20264 Rogers Close Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JJ
Received 20 Apr 202665 High Street Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LF
Received 20 Apr 202619 Spurgeons Close Teversham Cambridgeshire CB1 9BN
Received 20 Apr 20268 Coles Lane Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3BA
Received 20 Apr 202616 Eastlands Close Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8YY
Received 20 Apr 2026Hotel Felix Whitehouse Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0LX
Received 20 Apr 20261 North Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NZ
Received 20 Apr 20261 North Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NZ
Received 20 Apr 2026Land Opp 55A High Street Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5NB
Received 17 Apr 202647 High Street Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5NB
Received 17 Apr 202639 High Street Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5NB
Received 17 Apr 2026Land To The East Of 43A To 53 High Street Landbeach Cambridgeshire
Received 20 Apr 202633A Bar Lane Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Land Opp 2 Cromwell Park Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5PX
Received 17 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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