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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.
1,499 approved · 115 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 East And West Of Sawston Bypass Springfield Road Sawston Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Jul 202643 And 45 Fowlmere Road Heydon Cambridgeshire SG8 8PZ
Received 29 Jul 2026Waterbeach Barracks And Airfield, Key Phase 1, Parcels 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2.
Received 29 Jul 2026219 High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8QP
Received 29 Jul 2026Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RQ
Received 29 Jul 2026Northstowe Phase 3B Station Road Longstanton Cambs
Received 30 Jul 2026Northstowe Phase 3B Station Road Longstanton Cambs
Received 30 Jul 2026Land North Of Cherry Hinton Coldhams Lane Cambridge CB1 3LG
Received 30 Jul 2026Land North Of Cherry Hinton Coldhams Lane Cambridge CB1 3LG
Received 30 Jul 20267 Queens Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HL
Received 30 Jul 20266 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Received 30 Jul 2026Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Received 30 Jul 2026Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Received 30 Jul 2026Quy Mill Hotel Church Road Stow Cum Quy Cambridgeshire CB25 9AF
Received 30 Jul 202635 High Street Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SP
Received 30 Jul 202630 Station Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5ES
Received 30 Jul 2026Steeplechase LRP Centre Race Course Beach Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire
Received 30 Jul 202613 Brookfield Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3EH
Received 31 Jul 202618 Brook Lane Coton Cambridgeshire CB23 7PY
Received 31 Jul 2026Land South Of Green Park Brinkley Weston Colville Road Carlton Cambridgeshire
Received 31 Jul 2026St Andrews Church High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Received 31 Jul 2026The Old School High Street Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SJ
Received 31 Jul 202660 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE
Received 31 Jul 2026Land At Waste Management Site Ely Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PG
Received 31 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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