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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.
1,496 approved · 115 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Rampton Road And East Of Jubilee Drive Cottenham Cambridgeshire
Received 27 Jul 202636 Gills Hill Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TS
Received 28 Jul 202668 And 70 High Street Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JY
Received 28 Jul 202630 Queens Close Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7QL
Received 28 Jul 2026The Dovecote 1A Bucks Lane Little Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HL
Received 27 Jul 2026Phase 2 And 3 Infrastructure Cambourne West Cambourne
Received 28 Jul 2026Communications Station Cam0098 Manor Farm Fulbourn Road Teversham Cambridgeshire
Received 28 Jul 202640 Swaynes Lane Comberton Cambridgeshire CB23 7EF
Received 28 Jul 202640 Swaynes Lane Comberton Cambridgeshire CB23 7EF
Received 28 Jul 2026Haslingfield Endowed Primary School High Street Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JW
Received 28 Jul 202619 Church Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EL
Received 28 Jul 2026Tiptofts House Station Road Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7NY
Received 28 Jul 202638 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES
Received 28 Jul 20267 Brookfield Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3EH
Received 28 Jul 2026Land To The South Of Northstowe Phase 3B, Station Road, Longstanton, Cambs.
Received 28 Jul 2026Land To The Rear Of 145-149 High Street Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7QD
Received 28 Jul 202628 High Street Croxton Cambridgeshire PE19 6SX
Received 29 Jul 202614 Howgate Road Impington Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3XL
Received 29 Jul 20261 Burrell Way Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4DY
Received 29 Jul 20263B The Grip Linton Cambridgeshire CB21 4NR
Received 29 Jul 2026The Temple Bourn Bridge Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AN
Received 29 Jul 2026Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD
Received 29 Jul 20262 High Street Harston Cambridgeshire CB22 7PX
Received 29 Jul 20261 The Brambles Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4ED
Received 29 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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