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South Cambridgeshire District Council
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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

3,793Searchable applications

646Recorded as pending

93%Approval rate · 1,642 approved or refused records

116Refused applications

1,526 approved · 116 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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Awaiting decision26/03491/HFUL
Two storey rear extension
16 Chestnut Close Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JU
Received 14 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1013/TTPO
T1 Ash - Crown reduce to previous pruning points by removing approximately 4 meters of re growth to a height of 10 metres from ground level due to previous heavy reduction works causing weak branch unions over a busy public highway
22 Hinton Way Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BE
Received 14 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/01322/CONDA
Submission of details required by conditions 3(Biodiversity Enhancement) and 8(Construction and Traffic Management Plan) of planning permission 26/01322/FUL.
2 High Street Great Eversden Cambridgeshire CB23 1HN
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/03493/FUL
Demolition of the existing building and construction of a new commercial building including access, servicing, hard and soft landscaping, car and cycle parking, and associated works.
Unit A Winship Road Milton Cambridgeshire CB24 6PP
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1016/TTCA
Cypress tree - tree for removal marked with red dot on plan. Tree is approximately 6.5m tall and is dead.
23 High Street Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SP
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/01599/CONDE
Submission of details required by condition 4 (Site Wide Phasing Plan) of planning permission 26/01599/S73.
Girton College Huntingdon Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1017/TTCA
T1 - Beech - reduce by up to 2.5m as the tree is close to the house.T2 - Beech - reduce by up to 3m and bring the sides in to match as this tree is right by the road side.
87 Green End Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FD
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/03495/S73
S73 to vary condition 1 (drawings) of planning permission 26/00451/S73 (S73 to vary conditions 2 (Approved plans) and 14 (Boundary Treatments) of planning permission 21/03039/FUL (Demolition of existing dilapidated agricultural buildings and hardstandings. Erection of five dwellings and the conversion of two redundant barns to form a detached dwelling and an office). The changes include minor internal and external changes to each of the plots and layout of the approved development, as well as changing a small section of the boundary treatment) for amendments to plot 1.
Bancroft Farm Church Lane Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BQ
Received 15 Sept 2026
Decided26/1019/TTCA
T1 - Hornbeam - reduce the height by up to 2m and bring the sides in to match (up to 1.5m). The tree is growing over the neighbours roof. This will include lifting it up over the roof by up to 2.5m and cutting it back slightly harder (up to 2m).
85 Green End Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FD
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1021/TTCA
T1 YEW IN NEIGHBOURING PROPERTY (87 ROOKS ST) - 10ms high, prune back lateral foliage overhanging 1 New Road by 1m and up to full height to lessen overhang to driveway of 1 New Road.
1 New Road Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8RF
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision25/01487/CONDA
Submission of details required by condition 3(External Material Schedule) of planning permission 25/01487/HFUL
1 River Lane Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1LX
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/03499/HFUL
Demolition of the existing conservatory and replacing with a single storey rear extension. Minor internal alterations.
52 Duxford Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4NQ
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1023/TTCA
T1 = Silver Birch - Reduce crown by 2 metres
87 High Street Hinxton Cambridgeshire CB10 1QY
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1024/TTCA
T1 YEW x 10ms high - reduce back to previous pruning points, equating to a reduction of approximately 1m, leaving tree at 9ms tall.
87 Rooks Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8QZ
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/03502/HFUL
New Replacement Outbuilding
Rushmoor Cottage Dunsbridge Turnpike Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6RB
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/03503/HFUL
Installation of heat pump and removal of oil tank at rear of property.
2 College Farm Court Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AL
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/03504/LBC
Installation of heat pump and removal of oil tank at rear of property.
2 College Farm Court Barton Cambridgeshire CB23 7AL
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision20/04906/CONDH
Submission of details required by conditions 14 (Materials), 15 (Waste Storage), 17 (Cycle Storage), 18 (Ecological Enhancement), 20 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) and 22 (Carbon Emissions Reduction) of outline planning permission 20/04906/OUT
Agricultural Building And Land To The Rear Of 38 Histon Road Cottenham CB24 8UD
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decisionS/1605/16/CONDT
Submission of details required by condition 06 ( Hard & Soft Landscaping) of outline planning permission S/1605/16/OL
Land To The Rear Of 130 Middle Watch Swavesey Cambridgeshire
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1033/TTCA
T1 PINE x 15ms high with split 1m down from main forks - reduce top by 5ms to just below split in main fork and shorten lateral limbs by 1 to 1.5ms to rebalance crown as best as possible.
2 Station Road Waterbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9HT
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1034/TTCA
T1 SILVER BIRCH AT FRONT OF PROPERTY x 16ms - in decline with sever die back in upper crown over hanging electric lines - remove tree.
24 Brook Street Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4HX
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/03514/CL2PD
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for siting of a mobile home to the rear garden.
34 Chiswick End Meldreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6LZ
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/03515/REM
Reserved matters application for the approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of a new access road and associated footways connecting Stirling Road to the proposed Town Hub, together with associated landscaping, highway infrastructure and parking following outline planning permission S/2011/14/OL, and the related partial discharge of outline conditions 9 (Design Code), 18 (Site Wide Surface Water Drainage Strategy), 19 (Drainage - Reserved Matters), 23 (Landscape and Design), 24 (Landscape Management and Maintenance Plan), 27 (Ecological Management Plan), 39 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 41 (External Artificial Lighting) and 42 (Operational Noise) and 53 (Parking Management Strategy).
Northstowe Phase 2 Station Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire
Received 15 Sept 2026
Awaiting decision26/1035/TTPO
T1 Ash tree: reduce by 1.5m in height and by 1.5m around the sides.
19 Long Road Comberton Cambridgeshire CB23 7DG
Received 15 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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