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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.
1,490 approved · 115 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Agricultural Building To The Rear Of 38 Histon Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire
Received 14 Jul 2026Agricultural Building And Land To The Rear Of 38 Histon Road Cottenham CB24 8UD
Received 14 Jul 20261 Church Street Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JH
Received 14 Jul 20262 Church Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HU
Received 14 Jul 2026Parcels 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 202635 High Street West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4RY
Received 15 Jul 202620 High Street Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NE
Received 15 Jul 20262 Old Rectory Drive Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8BU
Received 15 Jul 2026The Butts Business Centre The Butts Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7SL
Received 15 Jul 20264 Dotterell Hall Barns Cambridge Road Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4AQ
Received 15 Jul 202624 Mill Lane Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4JY
Received 16 Jul 20262 Church Street Histon Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 9JG
Received 16 Jul 20261 Holben Close Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AQ
Received 16 Jul 2026Parcel 2.3 Phase 2B Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 16 Jul 2026111 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HJ
Received 16 Jul 202644 Broad Lane Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JF
Received 16 Jul 202632 Bar Lane Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BJ
Received 16 Jul 2026Land At Stirling Road Northstowe Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Jul 2026Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TQ
Received 17 Jul 2026Rectory Farm Middle Street Thriplow Cambridge Cambridgeshire SG8 7RD
Received 17 Jul 2026Thornton Building Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ
Received 15 Jul 202665 Orchard Road Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6BB
Received 15 Jul 2026Kingsway Golf Centre Cambridge Road Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6EY
Received 17 Jul 2026Highwoods Haverhill Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BX
Received 17 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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