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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.
1,510 approved · 115 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Recreation Ground, Tennis Courts Gog Magog Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BX
Received 7 Aug 202645 Mingle Lane Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5SY
Received 7 Aug 202613A Finchs Field Little Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HG
Received 10 Aug 202654 South Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9PN
Received 10 Aug 202618 Queens Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4HL
Received 10 Aug 202682 High Street Coton Cambridgeshire CB23 7PL
Received 10 Aug 2026125 High Street Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RF
Received 10 Aug 20268 Butchers Hill Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SR
Received 10 Aug 202615 Stokes Close Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3FG
Received 10 Aug 2026Blue Diamond Stud South Wilbraham Road Six Mile Bottom Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB8 0UW
Received 10 Aug 2026Setbroad Farm, New Farmhouse Oakington Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TW
Received 10 Aug 202647 The Green Eltisley Cambridgeshire PE19 6TG
Received 10 Aug 20269 The Green Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7QX
Received 10 Aug 2026Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Received 10 Aug 2026Parcels 5.1, 5.2 And 5.3, Key Phase 1 Waterbeach Barracks Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9PA
Received 7 Aug 2026The Meadow, Annexe Streetly End West Wickham Cambridgeshire CB21 4RP
Received 11 Aug 2026Welch's Transport Ltd Moorfield Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PS
Received 11 Aug 2026Land In The North West Part Of St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Milton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0ZT
Received 11 Aug 202632 Station Road (West) Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NL
Received 11 Aug 2026Aerodrome Service Station 38 Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4QH
Received 11 Aug 202613 High Street Croxton Cambridgeshire PE19 6SX
Received 11 Aug 202620 Middle Street Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RD
Received 11 Aug 2026College Farm Barrington Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SJ
Received 11 Aug 2026Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Received 11 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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