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South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Cambridgeshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
3,779Searchable applications
646Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 1,637 approved or refused records
116Refused applications

1,521 approved · 116 refused · 201 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning and Building Control

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas84 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas8 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

  1. Decided26/0966/TTCA

    T1 - Beech tree - Thin the crown on the Northern side of the crown by 20%. Reason: to re-balance the tree after a large branch failed over the churchyard.

    1 Church Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SU

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  2. Awaiting decision26/03380/HFUL

    Part conservatory conversion and part ground floor rear extension, ground floor front extension, flat to pitched roof over existing front extension with porch and garage conversion

    6 Bogs Gap Lane Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PN

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  3. Awaiting decision26/03381/REM

    Plot 9 - Reserved matters application for access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the construction of a self/custom build dwelling following outline planning permission 24/01080/OUT (Outline planning application with all matters reserved (except for access, layout of roads and plots) for nine self/custom build residential dwellings (replacement of planning permission S/3170/17/OL)

    9 Soule Croft Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3FZ

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  4. Unknown26/03383/TELNOT

    Installation of 2 x 10m light wooden pole.

    Outside Of 77 Balland Field Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5JT

    Received 2 Sept 2026
  5. Awaiting decision23/04072/CONDA

    Submission of details required by conditions 3 (Material), 4 (Cycle Parking), 5 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Strategy), 6 (Hard and Soft Landscape), 8 (Ecology Enhancement), 13 (Traffic Management Plan) and 14 (Surface Water and Foul Water) of planning permission 23/04072/FUL.

    19 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BG

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  6. Awaiting decision26/03386/FUL

    Erection of 1 No. dwelling and garage.

    Land Adjacent To 13 Cootes Lane Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SL

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  7. Awaiting decision26/03388/HFUL

    First floor rear extension

    6 The Meadows Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JD

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  8. Awaiting decision26/03389/HFUL

    Ground floor rear and side extensions and first floor rear extension. Installation of new front porch canopy and side porch canopy.

    Bourn Grove 12 Bourn Bridge Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BJ

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  9. Awaiting decision26/03390/HFUL

    Re-roofing of west and part east slopes of existing roof.

    16 High Street Grantchester Cambridgeshire CB3 9NF

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  10. Awaiting decision26/03391/HFUL

    Erection of bin and electrical plant store in front driveway area, including raising section of front boundary wall. New porch canopy to front entrance and alterations to fenestration.Note : internal works are ongoing on site (not relevant to Planning Application)

    50 The Green Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3LR

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  11. Awaiting decision25/00126/COND14

    Submission of details required by condition 14 (Cycle Parking) of reserved matters application 25/00126/REM

    Parcel 3.2A, Cambourne West, Cambourne

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  12. Awaiting decision26/03394/FUL

    Erection of a single storey dwelling together with parking area and cycle store.

    Land To The West Of 26 High Street Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6PP

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  13. Awaiting decision26/03395/FUL

    Retrospective horizontally clad timber garden bar and replacement of the right-hand boundary fence with a closeboarded fence.

    63 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  14. Awaiting decision26/03396/LBC

    Retention of a horizontally clad timber garden bar and replacement of the right-hand boundary fence with a closeboarded fence.

    63 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  15. DecidedS/3440/18/COND23

    Submission of details required by condition 23 (New Barns plantation access) of outline planning permission S/3440/18/OL

    Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridge CB23 2TQ

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  16. Awaiting decision24/01257/CONDD

    Submission of details required by condition 8 (Contamination Remediation) of planning permission 24/01257/FUL

    Land Rear Of 33 Church Street Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JH

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  17. Awaiting decision26/03399/CLUED

    Certificate of lawfulness under S191 for confirmation that the original single storey garden shed / store and subsequent extension thereto being used as ancillary accommodation is lawful.

    5 Green End Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SX

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  18. Decided26/0967/TTCA

    Walnut tree - remove, the stump ground out, the debris cleared and soil and turf replaced where necessary.

    10 High Street Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0JP

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  19. Decided26/03403/TELNOT

    Installation to a fixed line broadband apparatus (9m pole).

    5 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BG

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  20. Awaiting decision26/03404/S73

    S73 to vary conditions 2 (Approved plans) and 17 (Details of the louvres on the east elevation of Plot 3) of planning permission 25/03747/S73 (S73 to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 25/01179/S73 (S73 to vary conditions 2 (Approved plans) and 19 (Drainage) of planning permission 24/00414/FUL (Demolition of existing agricultural buildings and replacement with 4 dwellings, alterations and conversion of agricultural buildings to residential ancillary buildings, repairs and refurbishment of the Grade II listed farmhouse. Associated works and infrastructure) to demolish the existing Dovecote and rebuild on a similar footprint and amend the wording of condition 19) to allow for the installation of PV solar panels on plots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and associated works) for amendments to the galley window and to allow the removal of the previously approved external louvres to the gallery window and their replacement with fixed, non-opening obscure glazing to a minimum of Pilkington Level 3, or equivalent.

    Great Common Farm Broadway Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TE

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  21. Awaiting decision26/02463/CONDA

    Submission of details required by condition 3 (Staircase and Joinery Details) of listed building consent 26/02463/LBC

    37 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  22. Awaiting decision26/03406/CL2PD

    Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for erection of detached outbuilding.

    30 Horningsea Road Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SZ

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  23. Decided26/0969/TTCA

    Horse Chestnut - Fell

    The Old Rectory 1 Church Street Little Gransden Cambridgeshire SG19 3DU

    Received 4 Sept 2026
  24. Awaiting decision26/03407/HFUL

    First floor front extension. Roof extension including raising of ridge, front dormer and rooflights.

    22B Mingle Lane Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5SY

    Received 4 Sept 2026

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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.

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