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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.
1,476 approved · 115 refused · 198 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2021 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Pelham Way Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TQ
Received 19 Jun 2026Building 63 Bassingbourn Barracks Old North Road Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LX
Received 17 Jun 2026Conservators House Clayhithe Road Horningsea Cambridgeshire CB25 9JB
Received 19 Jun 202632 Cootes Lane Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SL
Received 19 Jun 2026Telecommunications Mast 70897 Fulbourn Old Drift Fulbourn Cambridgeshire
Received 18 Jun 2026Malton Park Farm Malton Road Orwell Cambridgeshire SG8 6PE
Received 19 Jun 2026Bassingbourn Barracks Old North Road Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LX
Received 19 Jun 2026Land To The Southeast Of 88 Moorfield Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PS
Received 19 Jun 202643 Stow Road Stow Cum Quy Cambridgeshire CB25 9AD
Received 22 Jun 202613 Green Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JZ
Received 22 Jun 202625 High Street Barrington Cambridgeshire CB22 7QX
Received 22 Jun 20261 Park Lane Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9EH
Received 22 Jun 202645 Streetly End West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4RP
Received 22 Jun 202643 Station Road Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AH
Received 22 Jun 2026Girton College, Woodlands Wing Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 22 Jun 2026Stable Cottage 18 Chishill Road Heydon Cambridgeshire SG8 8PW
Received 22 Jun 20266 Savile Way And Fowlmere Church Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7TU
Received 22 Jun 202673 Earith Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5LS
Received 22 Jun 20262 High Street Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7PX
Received 22 Jun 20268 Barrington Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SJ
Received 22 Jun 2026Petrol Station Supermarket Broad Street Cambourne Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Jun 2026275 Wellbrook Way Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0GL
Received 22 Jun 2026Land At Stirling Road Northstowe Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Jun 202670 Lambs Lane Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TA
Received 22 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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