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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.
1,491 approved · 115 refused · 198 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sawston Nursery Tannery Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3UW
Received 17 Jul 2026Land South Of Pond Cambourne Business Park Cambourne Cambridgeshire
Received 17 Jul 2026Mill House Cambridge Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5EG
Received 20 Jul 2026New Farm, Waterside Lodges Green End Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FD
Received 20 Jul 2026Ivy House High Street Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SJ
Received 20 Jul 2026153 High Street Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6AT
Received 20 Jul 2026Northstowe Phase 3B Station Road Longstanton Cambs
Received 20 Jul 2026Oxlip House High Street Knapwell Cambridgeshire CB23 4NR
Received 20 Jul 20261A Mill Lane Barrington Cambridgeshire CB22 7QY
Received 20 Jul 2026Homefield Stables Cambridge Road Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3BG
Received 20 Jul 2026Northbrook End Farm North Brook End Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PH
Received 20 Jul 20269 South End Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NJ
Received 20 Jul 20262 Hardman Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6RN
Received 20 Jul 2026440 Cambridge Science Park Milton Cambridge South Cambridgeshire CB4 0QA
Received 20 Jul 2026440 Cambridge Science Park Milton Cambridge South Cambridgeshire CB4 0QA
Received 20 Jul 2026440 Cambridge Science Park Milton Cambridge South Cambridgeshire CB4 0QA
Received 20 Jul 2026Alwyn Tourist Park Willingham Road Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5EU
Received 21 Jul 2026Bromlea Cottenham Road Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9ET
Received 21 Jul 20266A Moorfield Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PS
Received 21 Jul 2026Land Rear Of 33 Church Street Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JH
Received 21 Jul 2026Parcel D Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ
Received 21 Jul 2026East Farm House 7 The Green Eltisley Cambridgeshire PE19 6TG
Received 21 Jul 20264 Owls Close Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PL
Received 21 Jul 202621 Glebe Lane Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 6GQ
Received 21 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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