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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.
1,518 approved · 116 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak Tree Cottage St Neots Road Cambourne Cambridgeshire CB23 3PH
Received 2 Sept 202616 New Road Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5PJ
Received 2 Sept 202616 New Road Over Cambridgeshire CB24 5PJ
Received 2 Sept 2026Land North Of Cherry Hinton Coldhams Lane Cambridge CB1 3LG
Received 27 Aug 2026Springhill Lodge Brinkley Road Weston Colville Cambridgeshire CB21 5PA
Received 2 Sept 2026Land To The East Of B1050 And Longstanton West Of The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (CGB) And North Of Oakington
Received 2 Sept 2026198 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0AB
Received 2 Sept 2026135 Hereward Close Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9YF
Received 2 Sept 2026Agricultural Building To The Rear Of 38 Histon Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire
Received 2 Sept 20266 Short Street Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2SG
Received 2 Sept 2026Land To The East Of B1050 And Longstanton West Of The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (CGB) And North Of Oakington
Received 2 Sept 2026Street Record Oakington Road Westwick Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 8TW
Received 3 Sept 2026Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 3 Sept 2026Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 3 Sept 2026Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 3 Sept 2026Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 3 Sept 2026Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 3 Sept 2026Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 3 Sept 2026Waterbeach Barracks And Airfield Site Waterbeach Cambridgeshire
Received 3 Sept 20268 Cambridge Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SH
Received 3 Sept 2026Charnocks Close Green Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JX
Received 3 Sept 202612 St Johns Street Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4RA
Received 3 Sept 202616 Cambridge Road Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AR
Received 2 Sept 2026Land To The Rear Of 5 & 7 Spring Lane Bassingbourn Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 5HZ
Received 3 Sept 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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