South Cambridgeshire District Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
South Cambridgeshire District Council is the district, borough or city council for South Cambridgeshire. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, Cambridgeshire. ONS places 4,170 postcodes in use in South Cambridgeshire, in 17 postcode districts across 3 postcode areas.
86% of homes and businesses in South Cambridgeshire can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 2,984 homes and businesses in South Cambridgeshire in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Its website
South Cambridgeshire District Council
scambs.gov.ukName and website as GOV.UK gives them.
Do it on South Cambridgeshire District Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Housing
Report a problem
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for South Cambridgeshire District Council. GOV.UK lists 17. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 7 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in South Cambridgeshire?
Across South Cambridgeshire, 86% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 68% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in South Cambridgeshire?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,536 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,691 |
| Band B | £1,973 |
| Band C | £2,254 |
| Band D | £2,536 |
| Band E | £3,100 |
| Band F | £3,663 |
| Band G | £4,227 |
| Band H | £5,073 |
Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in South Cambridgeshire are at risk of flooding?
Across South Cambridgeshire, the Environment Agency puts 2,984 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 445 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In South Cambridgeshire the Environment Agency counts 3,011 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (3.1% of all its properties), 2,982 at medium risk (3%) and 8,246 at low risk (8.4%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Schools, roads and care: Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire has two councils. The county council, Cambridgeshire, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.
Everything Cambridgeshire County Council doesPostcode districts with postcodes in South Cambridgeshire
- CB1 postcode district102 of its 1,159 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB2 postcode district22 of its 588 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB3 postcode district117 of its 418 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB4 postcode district100 of its 903 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB5 postcode district56 of its 279 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB8 postcode district21 of its 1,074 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB10 postcode district34 of its 577 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB21 postcode district432 of its 446 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB22 postcode district607 of its 611 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB23 postcode district881 of its 883 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB24 postcode district817 of its 818 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- CB25 postcode district177 of its 428 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- PE19 postcode district27 of its 1,295 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- PE28 postcode district2 of its 1,599 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- SG7 postcode district8 of its 442 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- SG8 postcode district650 of its 1,299 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
- SG19 postcode district117 of its 679 postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in South Cambridgeshire.
Towns and villages
Is an address in South Cambridgeshire?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat South Cambridgeshire covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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