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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.
1,479 approved · 115 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
9 Mill Lane Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5PR
Received 22 Jun 2026Bridge Farm Earith Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5LT
Received 23 Jun 20262 Newton Road Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5HL
Received 23 Jun 20262 Church Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HU
Received 23 Jun 20262 Church Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HU
Received 23 Jun 202638 Station Road (West) Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NL
Received 23 Jun 20265 Moat Way Swavesey Cambridgeshire CB24 4TR
Received 23 Jun 2026Bourn Primary Substation Caxton Road Bourn Cambridgeshire
Received 23 Jun 2026Parcel 3.2B, Cambourne West, Cambourne
Received 23 Jun 20268 Oak Tree Way Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9BP
Received 23 Jun 20264 Priams Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DT
Received 23 Jun 202611 Swifts Corner Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5AE
Received 23 Jun 20267 Brookhampton Street Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SP
Received 23 Jun 20267 Kings Grove Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AZ
Received 23 Jun 202619 Linton Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HA
Received 23 Jun 2026Former Grain Store Tinkers Lane Kingston Cambridgeshire
Received 23 Jun 202613 Church Close Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NY
Received 23 Jun 202631 The Coppice Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9PP
Received 23 Jun 202618 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW
Received 23 Jun 2026Digital Park Station Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3FB
Received 24 Jun 2026Bridge Farm Earith Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5LT
Received 24 Jun 202628 Narrow Lane Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9HD
Received 24 Jun 202694 Field View Bar Hill Cambridgeshire CB23 8SY
Received 24 Jun 20261 The Sycamores Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6XJ
Received 24 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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