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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.
1,411 approved · 113 refused · 190 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0LP
Received 2 Jun 202611 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0LP
Received 2 Jun 2026Greenaway 54 High Street Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BG
Received 2 Jun 202631 High Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8ST
Received 2 Jun 20269 Buffalo Way Teversham Cambridgeshire CB1 9GR
Received 3 Jun 2026Building B Unity Campus A1301 / London Road Pampisford CB22 3EE
Received 3 Jun 202655 Merrington Place Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9AL
Received 3 Jun 202618 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW
Received 3 Jun 202673 High Street Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4HS
Received 3 Jun 202649 Church Road Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5LE
Received 3 Jun 2026Sawston Village College 12 New Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BP
Received 3 Jun 202614 Saxon Way Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5UT
Received 3 Jun 202636 St Michaels Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3BZ
Received 3 Jun 202639 Cambridge Road Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3BG
Received 3 Jun 2026Aerodrome Service Station 38 Royston Road Duxford CB22 4NW
Received 3 Jun 20261 Cheyney Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0LP
Received 3 Jun 2026St Georges Allotment Gardens The Moor Melbourn Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Jun 2026Kings And Selwyn Colleges Sports Ground Fulbrooke Road Grantchester Cambridgeshire CB3 9EE
Received 3 Jun 2026Northstowe Phase 3A Rampton Road Longstanton Cambs
Received 3 Jun 2026Land South West Of Milton Park And Ride Butt Lane Milton Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Jun 20263 Pound Farm Barns Weston Colville Cambridgeshire CB21 5NZ
Received 4 Jun 2026Pheasants Grove Milton Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9NF
Received 4 Jun 20264 St Peters Road Coton Cambridgeshire CB23 7PR
Received 4 Jun 2026North Hall Farm Barley Road Flint Cross Great And Little Chishill Cambridgeshire SG8 7PZ
Received 4 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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