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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 Holland District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
19,851 approved · 2,409 refused · 660 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2006 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mill Lodge Mill Lane Tydd St Mary Wisbech Cambs PE13 5SB
Received 18 Nov 2015Land to the south of Centenary Way Sutton Bridge Spalding PE12 9TF
Received 4 Oct 2021BRIDGE HOUSE PARK LANE SURFLEET SPALDING PE11 4AF
Received 14 Feb 2025Bear Lane Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3XA
Received 16 Nov 2012Land between East Bank/Gunthorpe Road and Gunthorpe Solar Farm Walpole Bank Walpole Marsh PE14 7JJ
Received 28 Jan 2025Bank Farm Paddock Lane Holbeach Bank Spalding
Received 13 Feb 2019SQUIRREL LODGE HORSESHOE ROAD SPALDING
Received 15 Oct 2020Land North of Nightingale Way Sutton Bridge Spalding PE12 9RG
Received 15 Nov 2021Plough Inn 1 Jekils Bank Holbeach St Johns Spalding PE12 8RF
Received 15 Jun 201828 MARKET STREET LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9DF
Received 15 May 201714 Station Road Surfleet Spalding Lincs PE11 4DA
Received 4 Jun 2009Fleet Road Holbeach Spalding
Received 28 Apr 202222 Marriots Gate Lutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9HN
Received 8 Feb 201198 DOG DROVE NORTH HOLBEACH DROVE SPALDING PE12 0SA
Received 18 Dec 201824 Stockhouse Lane Surfleet Spalding PE11 4AR
Received 23 Nov 2012JWD Farms Ltd Jekylls Farm Holbeach St John
Received 2 Apr 2007Chapel Cottage 12 Church Way Tydd St Mary
Received 13 Aug 2008Hallgate House 1 Hallgate Moulton Spalding Lincs PE12 6QF
Received 20 Dec 2007Albion Street Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7AZ
Received 3 May 201234 FEN ROAD HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 8QA
Received 14 Jan 2020The Chestnuts Reservoir Road Surfleet Spalding PE11 4DH
Received 5 Oct 2023Butters Group Kellet Gate Spalding Lincs PE12 6EH
Received 11 Nov 201410 DELAMORE WAY LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9DX
Received 28 Jan 202030 Pennygate Spalding PE11 1NL
Received 20 Jan 2017Records 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 Holland 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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