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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.
1,505 approved · 115 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Marleigh Phase 3 Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 4 Aug 2026Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 4 Aug 2026Abbey Farm 14 Duxford Road Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SX
Received 4 Aug 202633 South Road Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AU
Received 3 Aug 2026Abbey Farm 14 Duxford Road Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SX
Received 4 Aug 2026Street Record St Neots Road Hardwick Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Aug 20261-3 Frogge Street Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SH
Received 4 Aug 202614 Pettitts Close Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8DQ
Received 4 Aug 202611 Sternes Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DA
Received 4 Aug 2026Aquila 11 Church Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SU
Received 4 Aug 2026The Cottage 29 High Street Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JD
Received 3 Aug 202616A Whittlesford Road Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EW
Received 4 Aug 2026Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Received 4 Aug 20261 Magog Farm Barns, Willow Brooke Barn Annexe Babraham Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 3GP
Received 4 Aug 2026Land Between 40 And 42 Church Street Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DS
Received 5 Aug 20265 Water Lane Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9XW
Received 5 Aug 2026Sawston Village College 12 New Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BP
Received 5 Aug 2026Low Farm, Acacia Farmhouse Lower Road Croydon Cambridgeshire SG8 0EE
Received 5 Aug 20263 Teversham Road Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5EB
Received 5 Aug 202655 Mill Street Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JS
Received 5 Aug 20262 Hillcrest Bar Hill Cambridgeshire CB23 8TG
Received 5 Aug 202690 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE
Received 5 Aug 202645 High Street Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6DF
Received 5 Aug 2026Wing Development Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge
Received 5 Aug 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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