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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.
1,379 approved · 111 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Waste Management Site Ely Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PG
Received 20 Apr 202614 Saxon Way Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5UT
Received 20 Apr 2026Land Opp The Gables Websters Way Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5QB
Received 20 Apr 2026Land Opp 93 The Doles Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5QD
Received 20 Apr 202612 Websters Way Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5QB
Received 20 Apr 20261 Websters Way Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5QB
Received 20 Apr 2026Poplar Farm Dry Drayton Road Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Apr 2026Fulbourn United Reformed Church Home End Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5BS
Received 20 Apr 2026Land West Of Meridian Primary School Harbour Avenue Comberton Cambridgeshire CB23 7DD
Received 20 Apr 202613 The Grange, West Grange Church Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EL
Received 20 Apr 2026Dales Manor Business Park Grove Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3TJ
Received 20 Apr 202639 High Street Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FR
Received 20 Apr 2026Land North Of 61 Church Street Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JJ
Received 20 Apr 202637 Cinques Road Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3NJ
Received 21 Apr 20267 Silver Street Litlington Cambridgeshire SG8 0QE
Received 21 Apr 202615 Cambridge Road Newton Cambridgeshire CB22 7PL
Received 21 Apr 2026Parcel 3.2B, Cambourne West, Cambourne
Received 16 Apr 2026Caldrees Manor 2 Abbey Street Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SS
Received 21 Apr 2026Land Adj 31 High Street Madingley Cambridgeshire CB23 8AB
Received 21 Apr 2026Land Adj 31 High Street Madingley Cambridgeshire CB23 8AB
Received 21 Apr 20266 Angle Lane Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6QH
Received 21 Apr 202615 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW
Received 21 Apr 202629 Station Road Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9LQ
Received 21 Apr 202656 Mill Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HZ
Received 22 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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