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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.
1,511 approved · 115 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 St Michaels Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3BZ
Received 20 Aug 2026Milton Hall Ely Road Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6WZ
Received 20 Aug 202612 And 14 Comberton Road Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7BA
Received 20 Aug 2026The Shielings Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Caldecote Cambridgeshire CB23 7NX
Received 20 Aug 20263 Ely Road Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6DD
Received 20 Aug 20263 Finch's Close Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BL
Received 21 Aug 202625 Station Road Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5NJ
Received 21 Aug 2026440 Cambridge Science Park Milton Cambridge South Cambridgeshire CB4 0QA
Received 21 Aug 202630 Meadow Lane Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5NF
Received 21 Aug 2026Llama Lodge Haverhill Road Castle Camps Cambridgeshire CB21 4TB
Received 21 Aug 202659 London Road Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5DG
Received 21 Aug 2026Land North West Of 28 Harston Road Newton Cambridgeshire
Received 21 Aug 2026Bourn Hall High Street Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TN
Received 21 Aug 202622 Water Lane Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9LR
Received 21 Aug 2026Land Between Cody Road And Railway North Of Waterbeach Cambs
Received 21 Aug 2026Granta Park Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6GP
Received 21 Aug 2026Land To The East Of B1050 And Longstanton West Of The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (CGB) And North Of Oakington
Received 21 Aug 2026Water Meadows The Main Road Papworth St Agnes Cambridgeshire CB23 3QU
Received 21 Aug 2026IWM Duxford South Side Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Received 24 Aug 2026IWM Duxford South Side Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Received 24 Aug 20266 Mill Lane Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1RD
Received 24 Aug 202610 Paddock Row Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JG
Received 24 Aug 202635 Star Drive Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9RE
Received 24 Aug 20263 Pound Farm Barns Weston Colville Cambridgeshire CB21 5NZ
Received 24 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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