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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1,532 approved · 118 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Willow House Bartlow Road Castle Camps Cambridgeshire CB21 4SX
Received 6 Oct 202614 Comfrey Court Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB1 9YJ
Received 6 Oct 2026Land To The South-west And East Of Hinxton Grange Cambridge Road Hinxton Cambridgeshire
Received 6 Oct 2026Parcel 2.2B North, Cambourne West, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire
Received 1 Oct 2026Imperial War Museum, North Site Royston Road Duxford Cambridgeshire
Received 22 Sept 20265 Green End Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SX
Received 6 Oct 202648 Middleton Way Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SU
Received 6 Oct 2026Land Between Haverhill Road And Hinton Way Stapleford Cambridge
Received 7 Oct 202632 High Street Orwell Cambridgeshire SG8 5QN
Received 7 Oct 2026Chime Cottage High Street Hildersham Cambridgeshire CB21 6BU
Received 7 Oct 2026St Clairs The Green Weston Colville Cambridgeshire CB21 5NT
Received 7 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 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 2026Land North Of Cambridge North Station Milton Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Received 2 Oct 202633 Church Lane Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BQ
Received 7 Oct 202633 Church Lane Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BQ
Received 7 Oct 20262 Church Lane Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6RG
Received 7 Oct 2026Land To The East Of B1050 And Longstanton West Of The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (CGB) And North Of Oakington
Received 7 Oct 2026Parcel 2.2B North, Cambourne West, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire
Received 2 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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