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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.
1,429 approved · 113 refused · 190 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
25 High Street Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9JD
Received 8 Jun 202615 High Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EH
Received 8 Jun 202663 Waresley Road Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3NN
Received 8 Jun 20267 High Street Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4LT
Received 8 Jun 20261 Priory Farm Barns, Swinton House Back Lane Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SJ
Received 8 Jun 202618 High Street Barrington Cambridgeshire CB22 7QX
Received 8 Jun 20264 Shepreth Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SU
Received 8 Jun 202628A High Ditch Road Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8TE
Received 8 Jun 2026Causeway End Farm, Causeway End Farmhouse Sand Drove Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PW
Received 8 Jun 20266 Stonebridge Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5BW
Received 8 Jun 20266 Stonebridge Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5BW
Received 8 Jun 20268 Granary Court Madingley Cambridgeshire CB23 8AN
Received 8 Jun 202671 High Street Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4HS
Received 5 Jun 2026Finch Cottage 5 Aldous Court Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7WA
Received 8 Jun 2026Fenleigh Farm Smithy Fen Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8PU
Received 8 Jun 202636 Station Road Swavesey Cambridgeshire CB24 4QJ
Received 9 Jun 20262 School Lane Conington Cambridgeshire CB23 4LP
Received 9 Jun 2026The Butts Business Centre The Butts Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7SL
Received 9 Jun 2026Land Between Cody Road And Railway North Of Waterbeach Cambs
Received 9 Jun 20264 Scotts Gardens Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NR
Received 9 Jun 202671 High Street Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4HS
Received 5 Jun 20263 Comberton Road Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BA
Received 9 Jun 20263 Comberton Road Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BA
Received 9 Jun 20268 Cambridge Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9NJ
Received 9 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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