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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.
1,383 approved · 111 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Squirrels Leap Kings Mill Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EN
Received 28 Apr 2026Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 28 Apr 20265 Canners Close Toft Cambridgeshire CB23 2RZ
Received 28 Apr 2026Telecommunications Mast 70897 Fulbourn Old Drift Fulbourn Cambridgeshire
Received 24 Apr 2026Land Opp 76 Chalklands Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JH
Received 27 Apr 202623 Church Street Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RE
Received 28 Apr 2026Lansdowne House Burgoynes Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9NB
Received 28 Apr 2026Church Cottage Main Street Caldecote Cambridgeshire CB23 7NU
Received 28 Apr 20264 The Furrells Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JJ
Received 24 Apr 2026Gog Magog Hills Estate, Jarretts Cottage Babraham Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 3AE
Received 28 Apr 20266 Fountain Lane Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1LT
Received 28 Apr 20262 School Lane Conington Cambridgeshire CB23 4LP
Received 28 Apr 202648 Old North Road Longstowe Cambridgeshire CB23 2UB
Received 28 Apr 20267 Angle Lane Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6QJ
Received 28 Apr 2026Former Practice Ground Of Girton Golf Club Being Land North Of 135 High Street Oakington Road Girton Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Apr 20264 Coronation Close Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9NP
Received 29 Apr 2026Land Adj 4 Orwell Road Barrington Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Apr 2026Ashwell House Fardells Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JE
Received 29 Apr 2026Land West Of Station Road Longstanton Cambridge CB24 3DS
Received 29 Apr 2026Parcel 2.3 Phase 2B Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Apr 2026Valley Farm House Valley Farm Road West Wratting Cambridgeshire CB21 4HH
Received 29 Apr 202621 Cambridge Road Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4NN
Received 29 Apr 2026Land West Of Station Road Longstanton Cambridge CB24 3DS
Received 29 Apr 2026Building B Unity Campus A1301 / London Road Pampisford CB22 3EE
Received 29 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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