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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.
1,488 approved · 115 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Joiners Road Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4NP
Received 6 Jul 2026Land North Of Waterbeach Barracks Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire
Received 1 Jul 202629 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0DW
Received 6 Jul 2026Agricultural Building And Land To The Rear Of 38 Histon Road Cottenham CB24 8UD
Received 6 Jul 2026St Clairs The Green Weston Colville Cambridgeshire CB21 5NT
Received 7 Jul 2026Land To East Of Duxford Aerodrome Control Tower Imperial War Museum Cambridge CB22 4QR
Received 7 Jul 202617 - 19 High Street Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BG
Received 7 Jul 2026Communications Station 141186 Communications Station Adjacent To Madingly Water Tower St Neots Road Comberton Cambridgeshire
Received 7 Jul 2026The Green Castle Camps Cambridgeshire
Received 7 Jul 2026Darwin Green Phases Two And Three Development Site Cambridge Road Impington Cambridgeshire
Received 7 Jul 202631 Burton End West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4SD
Received 7 Jul 202631 Burton End West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4SD
Received 7 Jul 202683A High Street Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FR
Received 7 Jul 202624 Cantelupe Road Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1LU
Received 7 Jul 2026Land West Of Newmarket Road Great Abington Cambridgeshire
Received 8 Jul 202621 Station Road Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3HA
Received 8 Jul 202652 High Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8ST
Received 8 Jul 20262 Apthorpe Street Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5EY
Received 8 Jul 20262 Apthorpe Street Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5EY
Received 8 Jul 2026Sawston Village College 12 New Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BP
Received 8 Jul 2026Sawston Village College 12 New Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BP
Received 8 Jul 2026Land South Of Highfield Farm Royston Road Litlington Cambridgeshire
Received 8 Jul 202612 London Road Six Mile Bottom Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB8 0UQ
Received 8 Jul 2026Chrishall Grange Chrishall Grange Road Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7NT
Received 8 Jul 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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