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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1,379 approved · 111 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Litlington Road Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0LY
Received 22 Apr 202634 Bannold Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9LQ
Received 22 Apr 2026Land To The Rear Of 53 Church Street Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JJ
Received 22 Apr 202619-21 Station Road Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6DX
Received 22 Apr 2026Vitrum Building St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WS
Received 22 Apr 2026Land Off Wilbraham Road Between The A14 And A11 Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Apr 202667 High Street Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1QY
Received 22 Apr 20264 Barham Court Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6EW
Received 23 Apr 202611 Dukes Meadow Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BH
Received 23 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To 14 Dogget Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5BT
Received 23 Apr 202663 Park Lane Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9JJ
Received 23 Apr 202648 Pierce Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5DL
Received 23 Apr 202612 Horningsea Road Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SZ
Received 24 Apr 20265 The Green Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4RH
Received 24 Apr 2026FulWells 97 High Street Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JT
Received 24 Apr 20266 Ashen Green Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EY
Received 24 Apr 2026126 Thornton Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0ND
Received 24 Apr 2026Brookside Fardells Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JE
Received 24 Apr 202615 Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LZ
Received 24 Apr 20264 High Street Toft Cambridgeshire CB23 2RL
Received 24 Apr 202611 The Footpath Coton Cambridgeshire CB23 7PX
Received 24 Apr 2026Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Received 24 Apr 2026Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Received 24 Apr 202616 Chalky Road Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AT
Received 24 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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