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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Cambridgeshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
3,718Searchable applications
645Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 1,605 approved or refused records
115Refused applications

1,490 approved · 115 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas84 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas8 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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  1. Decided25/00054/CONDB

    Submission of details required by condition 16 (surface water drainage) of Reserved Matters application 25/00054/REM

    Agricultural Building To The Rear Of 38 Histon Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire

    Received 14 Jul 2026
  2. Decided20/04906/CONDG

    Submission of details required by condition 8 (traffic management plan) of outline planning permission 20/04906/OUT

    Agricultural Building And Land To The Rear Of 38 Histon Road Cottenham CB24 8UD

    Received 14 Jul 2026
  3. Decided26/02677/LBC

    Remove and replace existing roof covering along with associated battens and insulation as well as any associated timber repairs/replacements. Demolition and reconstruction of existing boundary wall. Removal of area of bulging brickwork on gable end and rebuild and tie into existing inner skin of wall.

    1 Church Street Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JH

    Received 14 Jul 2026
  4. Decided26/02678/S73

    S73 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission 25/04234/HFUL (Removal of flat roof single storey side extension. Part single storey and part two storey side extensions and redressing the thatched roof on the east elevation) to change the roof covering from pantiles to natural slate.

    2 Church Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HU

    Received 14 Jul 2026
  5. Awaiting decision26/02681/REM

    Reserved matters approval of access, appearance, landscape, layout and scale for the construction of 276 dwellings, up to 126 sq.m of floor space for retail, services and employment (Use Class A1, A2, and A3) provision at Parcels 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1 and 9.2 at Key Phase 1 of the Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield development pursuant to Condition 3 of the outline planning consent ref: S/0559/17/OL including: garage buildings, outbuildings, access junctions, access roads, parking, land reprofiling, utilities infrastructure including alignment of service runs, foul and surface water drainage infrastructure, street lighting, areas of open space and public realm including ecological mitigation, soft and hard landscaping, planting, productive landscape, footways / cycleways, boundary treatments, street furniture, any necessary temporary stockpiling of construction materials, areas for construction use, temporary haul routes and any necessary demolition

    Parcels 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1 And 9.2 Key Phase 1 East Waterbeach Barracks Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA

    Received 14 Jul 2026
  6. Decided26/0727/TTCA

    T1: Cherry (dead) - Remove T2: Cherry (half-dead with a rotten root and base that fell over 13th July 2026) - Remove the remaining root bowl

    35 High Street West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4RY

    Received 15 Jul 2026
  7. Decided26/0728/TTCA

    Ash (front garden) - Crown reduce by 2 metres all over

    20 High Street Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NE

    Received 15 Jul 2026
  8. Unknown26/00585/CONDA

    Submission of details required by conditions 3 (roofs), 4 (windows scale of 1:20), 6 (rainwater goods), 7 (timber framing scale of 1:20), 8 (timber frame members) and 9 (schedule of works) of Listed Building consent 26/00585/LBC

    2 Old Rectory Drive Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8BU

    Received 15 Jul 2026
  9. Awaiting decision26/02683/S73

    S73 to vary condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 23/01307/FUL (Creation of new business park area to replace the existing buildings, to include for 12 No. light industrial units, business centre building, cafe, storage/ manufacturing facility with associated external works) change of structure to a regular portal frame structure, materials to include a low brick plinth with horizontal insulated cladding panels between and insulated ribbed/ seamed panels to the roofs within each building and exclude first floor mezzanines and stairs from the plans,

    The Butts Business Centre The Butts Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7SL

    Received 15 Jul 2026
  10. Decided26/02684/HFUL

    Installation of 18 no. PV solar panels, battery/inverter, Air Source Heat Pump and TV satellite dish.

    4 Dotterell Hall Barns Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4AQ

    Received 15 Jul 2026
  11. Decided26/0734/TTCA

    T1 - Sorbus (Overshading garden) - Crown Reduce by up to 2m to leave tree approximately 10m high.T2 - Birch - (Overshading garden) - Crown Reduce by up to 3m to leave tree approximately 12m high.T3 - Pear - (In decline. 75% of canopy dead) - Pollard at 2.5m in height

    24 Mill Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JY

    Received 16 Jul 2026
  12. Decided26/02690/CL2PD

    Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for the installation of solar panels to both South facing roofs.

    2 Church Street Histon Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 9JG

    Received 16 Jul 2026
  13. Decided26/02691/HFUL

    Two storey side and rear extension to create an annexe ancillary to the main dwelling and the provision of an external covered storage area integrated into the ground floor.

    1 Holben Close Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AQ

    Received 16 Jul 2026
  14. Decided25/00192/NMA1

    Non material amendment on application 25/00192/REM for various minor amendments to site plan

    Parcel 2.3 Phase 2B Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire

    Received 16 Jul 2026
  15. Awaiting decision25/03283/CONDA

    Submission of details required by condition 3 (Traffic Management Plan), 8 (Piling), 9 (Foul Water Drainage), 10 (Surface Water Drainage), 11 ( junctions historic), 12 (listed building protection), 13 (materials), 14 (roof details), 15 (Window details), 16 (boundary), 17 (written scheme of investigation (WSI)) and 18 (ecological enhancement scheme) of planning permission 25/03283/FUL

    111 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HJ

    Received 16 Jul 2026
  16. Unknown25/03390/CONDA

    Submission of details required by conditions 4 (construction traffic management plan (CTMP), 5 (management and maintenance of streets) and 8 (hard and soft landscape works) of planning permission 25/03390/FUL

    44 Broad Lane Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JF

    Received 16 Jul 2026
  17. Decided26/02699/HFUL

    Erection of single storey side and rear extension following demolition of the existing side extension.

    32 Bar Lane Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BJ

    Received 16 Jul 2026
  18. Decided25/01182/COND27

    Submission of details required by condition 27 (waste - full element of site only) of outline planning permission 25/01182/OUT

    Land At Stirling Road Northstowe Cambridgeshire

    Received 17 Jul 2026
  19. Awaiting decisionS/3440/18/COND54A

    Submission of details required by partial discharge of condition 54 (Land Investigation Remediation Verification Scheme) of outline planning permission S/3440/18/OL - Phase 1b roads and drainage

    Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TQ

    Received 17 Jul 2026
  20. Decided26/02708/FUL

    Partial demolition of existing collapsed wall and erection of a new wall.

    Rectory Farm Middle Street Thriplow Cambridge Cambridgeshire SG8 7RD

    Received 17 Jul 2026
  21. Awaiting decision26/02712/S106A

    Modification of planning obligations contained in a S106 Agreement dated 17 December 2020 and made between (1) South Cambridgeshire District Council, (2) Cambridgeshire County Council, (3) The Wellcome Trust Limited, (4) GRL and (5) HHL. Principal planning ref, S/4329/18/OL

    Thornton Building Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ

    Received 15 Jul 2026
  22. Unknown26/02713/TELNOT

    Installation of a fixed line broadband electronic communication apparatus

    65 Orchard Road Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6BB

    Received 15 Jul 2026
  23. Decided26/02714/FUL

    Demolition of existing foyer and erection of a single storey front extension to create foyer/entrance and application of external cladding to existing building.

    Kingsway Golf Centre Cambridge Road Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6EY

    Received 17 Jul 2026
  24. Decided26/0738/TTPO

    T1 - Large beech on the edge of the TPO protected wooded area at Highwoods - FellReason - The tree has pronounced edge-effect and a heavily asymmetrical crown. 2 large beech to the side of this tree were removed due to being dead but their presence had provided a screen from the wind. Removing them has changed the wind dynamic and the lateral force experienced by the tree. The vast majority of the crown is concentrated into the upper 3rd of the tree which gives a high centre of mass, shifting the centre of gravity out laterally away from the main stem and centre of root-mass, whilst increasing the turning moment exerted on the base of the tree during high winds. The long lateral limb combined with the 'flattened' crown form also increases the torsional force transferred to the stem during high winds, leading to the risk of a torsional fracture and stem failure. There are no appropriate reduction works which will overcome the extent of lean and associated risks, indeed a heavy reduction would leave large wounds which expose the tree to fungal infection and compromised timber strength.

    Highwoods Haverhill Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BX

    Received 17 Jul 2026

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