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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.
1,532 approved · 117 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Street Record Bourn Road Caxton Cambridgeshire
Received 2 Oct 202659 Bar Lane Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BJ
Received 2 Oct 2026Land North Of Cambridge North Station Milton Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 2 Oct 2026Land North Of Cambridge North Station Milton Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 2 Oct 202651 South End Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NL
Received 2 Oct 2026Marleigh Phase 3 Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Received 28 Sept 202629 Station Road Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6PZ
Received 2 Oct 202686 Cambridge Road Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0PJ
Received 2 Oct 202674 Mill Lane Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9HS
Received 5 Oct 202615 Annexe Waterbeach Road Landbeach Cambridgeshire CB25 9FA
Received 5 Oct 20262 Church Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SU
Received 5 Oct 2026Northstowe Phase 3B Station Road Longstanton Cambs
Received 5 Oct 20261 Station Road Foxton Cambridgeshire CB22 6SA
Received 5 Oct 2026The Sand Pit Potton Road Mill Hill Gamlingay Cambridgeshire SG19 3LW
Received 5 Oct 2026300 Barn High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TX
Received 5 Oct 2026300 Barn High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TX
Received 5 Oct 2026Sawston Park London Road Pampisford Cambridgeshire CB22 3EE
Received 5 Oct 202635A New Road Impington Cambridgeshire CB24 9LU
Received 5 Oct 2026Parcels 5.1, 5.2 And 5.3, Phase 1 Waterbeach Barracks And Airfield Site Waterbeach Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Oct 202626A High Street Histon Cambridgeshire CB24 9JD
Received 5 Oct 20269 Cotterells Lane Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JR
Received 5 Oct 2026Wayside High Street Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4LT
Received 5 Oct 202637 Weavers Field Girton Cambridgeshire CB3 0XB
Received 6 Oct 202619 Church Street Haslingfield Cambridgeshire CB23 1JE
Received 6 Oct 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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