South Cambridgeshire District Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
South Cambridgeshire District Council decided more than 3,600 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 5% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 51 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on South Cambridgeshire District Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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28 October 2026 · Approved
Land West Of Newmarket Road Great Abington Cambridgeshire · 26/02585/FUL
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26 October 2026 · Approved
Waterbeach Barracks And Airfield, Key Phase 1, Parcels 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2. · 26/02870/REM
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26 October 2026 · Refused
The Piggery Haden Way Willingham Cambridgeshire CB24 5HB · 25/03748/FUL
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7 October 2026 · Approved
Former Prospect House & Units 1-5 Carisbrooke Court Buckingway Business Park Anderson Road Swavesey Cambridgeshire CB24 4UQ · 26/01269/FUL
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28 August 2026 · Approved
Land North Of Cambridge North Station Milton Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0AE · 26/01691/REM
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27 August 2026 · Approved
Former Hypro Building Station Road Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3DS · 26/00951/FUL
Figures for South Cambridgeshire District Council
| Applications decided | more than 3,600 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 5%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 51 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 2%of more than 680 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | more than 230 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 33%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | more than 200plan adopted 2018 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on South Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity.”
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“The main issues are: • whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and the effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development…”
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“The main issues are: • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies; • the effect on the openness of the Green Belt; • whether the…”
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“The main issues are: • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and development plan policy; • the effect of the proposal on the openness of the…”
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“It is common ground that, by definition, the development would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt. Accordingly, the first two main issues in contention are; • Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, together with any other harm, would…”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.