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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.
1,412 approved · 113 refused · 190 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Croydon Road Arrington Cambridgeshire SG8 0DJ
Received 4 Jun 20267 High Street Grantchester Cambridgeshire CB3 9NF
Received 4 Jun 202612 Silverdale Avenue Coton Cambridgeshire CB23 7PP
Received 4 Jun 2026Kings Farm High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8SA
Received 4 Jun 20264 St Johns Close Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9HL
Received 4 Jun 202613 Northfield Close Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3NP
Received 4 Jun 20269 Farm Rise Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4LZ
Received 4 Jun 202680 High Street Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AE
Received 4 Jun 2026Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TQ
Received 5 Jun 2026167 Station Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HG
Received 5 Jun 20262 Glebe Road Barrington Cambridgeshire CB22 7RP
Received 5 Jun 202652 Rosemary Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9NB
Received 5 Jun 2026146 Cambridge Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5JU
Received 5 Jun 2026121 Waterbeach Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FA
Received 5 Jun 20268 Horn Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4HT
Received 4 Jun 202651 London Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DG
Received 5 Jun 2026Northstowe Phase 3A Rampton Road Longstanton Cambs
Received 5 Jun 2026Green Acre Farm Oakington Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0QH
Received 5 Jun 202610 London Road Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7QH
Received 5 Jun 2026Manor Farm 19 High Street Great Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HW
Received 8 Jun 2026Manor Farm 19 High Street Great Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HW
Received 8 Jun 20267 High Street Grantchester Cambridgeshire CB3 9NF
Received 8 Jun 202632 Brookhampton Street Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SP
Received 8 Jun 202630 Symonds Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4HY
Received 8 Jun 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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