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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 dates3,780Searchable 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1,521 approved · 116 refused · 201 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Conservation 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.
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- Awaiting decision26/03408/FUL
Re-roofing of the nave with terne-coated stainless steel and the addition of insulation increasing the roof height.
St Peters Church Chapel Street Duxford Cambridgeshire CB22 4RJ
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03409/LBC
Remove chimney stack above roof level and structural underpinning works.
2 Old Rectory Drive Dry Drayton Cambridgeshire CB23 8BU
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03410/FUL
Erection of a temporary indoor padel tennis centre comprising 6 covered courts and a coaching court with reception and ancillary cafe, together with changing accommodation, parking, cycle parking, landscaping, drainage works and associated infrastructure (meanwhile use).
Building B Granta Park Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6GP
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03411/HFUL
Single storey front and rear extensions following demolition of existing conservatory. Addition of 2no. windows to side elevations and render to existing front elevation.
25 Coltsfoot Close Cambridge South Cambridgeshire CB1 9YH
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03412/HFUL
Single storey rear extension.
3 School Lane Swavesey Cambridgeshire CB24 4RL
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03413/HFUL
Single storey rear, side and front extensions following demolition of existing conservatory.
Bonheur Millfield Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HD
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decided25/04725/NMA1
Non material amendment on application 25/04725/HFUL for Change of external materials, Retention of existing window to rear elevation and Introduction of box gutter to boundary line with No 14
10 Cow Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5HB
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0970/TTCA
Ash (T1) - crown reduction of 1.5 meters with a finished height of 7 meters
4 Church Lane Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3EU
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0971/TTCA
Prunus (T1) - crown reduction of 2.5 to alleviate weight Ash (T2) re-pollard to previous pollard points with a finished hight of 10 meters to alleviate weight Lime (T3) - lower and middle crown reduction of overextended limbs 2.5 meters to alleviate weight Lime (T4) - reduce by 4 meters with a finished height of 12 meters to allow more light into property
Burgoynes House Burgoynes Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9NB
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0972/TTCA
1) Laburnum - Fell (Half of tree's crown is dead)
Wood Grove 27B Station Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9HT
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision25/03783/CONDC
Submission of details required by condition 7 (Surface Water Run Off) of planning permission 25/03783/FUL
Enterprise House And Discovery House Chivers Way Histon Cambs CB24 9ZR
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision24/04021/COND14
Submission of details required by condition 14 (Raised Table Design) of Reserved Matters application 24/04021/REM
Parcel 3.2B, Cambourne West, Cambourne
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0975/TTPO
T1 Oak - Crown lift to 5.5 metres over highway to clear HGV's
59 South End Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NL
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision23/04695/CONDA
Submission of details required by condition 10 (Ecological Enhancement) of planning permission 23/04695/S73
1 Finchs Field Little Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HG
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0976/TTCA
T003 Holme Oak - crown lift to approximately 2 metres clearance over the adjacent path and road.T008 Sweet Chestnut - remove the limb extending in a north-easterly direction back to the main stem due to the presence of stress fractures.T016 Sweet Chestnut - remove major deadwood greater than 2.5cm in diameter throughout the crown.T019 Sycamore - Sycamore affected by Sooty Bark Disease. Dismantle and fell to ground level.T029 Sycamore - dismantle and fell to ground level. Process timber into suitable log rounds and leave on site for residents. Residents to arrange replacement planting with a suitable tree species.T033 Sweet Chestnut - remove major deadwood resulting from previous poor pruning works.T036 Purple Leaf Norway Maple - reduce overhanging growth above the road by up to 2.5 metres.
Charnocks Close Green Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3JX
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03424/HFUL
Retrospective planning application for erection of an outbuilding in rear garden.
Field View Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3LH
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Withdrawn26/03425/S73
S73 to vary condtions 2 (approved drawings and 3 (materials) of planning permission 26/02067/HFUL (Part single storey and part two storey front extension. Alterations to fenestration. Installation of bay window on side elevation, roof lantern, rooflights on the front and side elevation and chimney) for addition of a balcony, extension of the roof over the balcony, revised internal layouts, revised fenestration arrangement, change in window material, minor alterations to wall heights and minor changes to external building footprint.
Greenaway 54 High Street Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BG
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03427/LBC
Remove and replace the existing render, render support and between-beam insulation on the south and west elevations of River Farm House up to the main beam above the top windows.
River Farm, River Farm House Harston Road Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JX
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0980/TTCA
T1- Ash tree - Reduce crown by 2 metres (back to previous reduction points)T2- Silver Birch - Reduce crown by 2 metres
2 Priory Farm Barns Back Lane Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SJ
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0981/TTPO
T1- Ash tree - Crown lift to 4 metres above ground - Reduce Crown by 2 metres
40 Vicarage Meadow Stow Cum Quy Cambridgeshire CB25 9AL
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0982/TTCA
T1 - Acer Negundo - Reduce crown by 2 metres
33 Frogge Street Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1SH
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03428/S73
S73 to vary conditions 15 (Scheme for the upgrading of the bus shelters and the public footpaths) and 26 (Highway works) of outline planning permission S/1605/16/OL (Outline application for the development of up to 70 dwellings comprising 42 market and 28 affordable units public open space children's play area associated landscaping and new access) to amend wording to ensure that the development site can continue, without undermining the intent of the original conditions to amend the trigger of prior to first occupation (or pre-occupation) to maximum 40% occupation of the site, i.e. no more than 28 of the total 70 plots.
Land To The Rear Of 130 Middlewatch Swavesey CB24 4RP
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03429/HFUL
Retrospective conservatory extension
117 High Street Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6AP
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/03430/LBC
Retention of conservatory extension
117 High Street Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6AP
Received 8 Sept 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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