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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Holland District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Holland website
37,161 approved · 4,537 refused · 1,372 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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2 PARKIN ROAD COWBIT SPALDING PE12 6AN
Received 7 Jun 2018Mallard House Farm Mallard Hurn Donington
Received 21 Jul 2005Land adjacent: 6 Abbey Path Spalding PE11 1AY
Received 28 Jun 2019The Rowans 36 and 38 Joys Bank Holbeach St Johns Spalding PE12 8SD
Received 8 Mar 2012Adams Barn Hogs Gate Moulton Spalding Lincs PE12 6QH
Received 26 Jun 2019Land between 47 and 47A Cowbit Road Spalding
Received 6 Jan 2003Rear of former Infant School Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs
Received 22 Nov 1994Land to the north of Milestone Lane Pinchbeck
Received 18 Feb 2004THE LAWNS CARAVAN AND CAMPSITE LOWGATE ROAD FLEET HARGATE SPALDING PE12 8LN
Received 20 Jan 2023Plot 4 Dovecote Development Woolram Wygate Spalding
Received 4 Apr 2007Building Plot adjoining South Gates Wharf Street Sutton Bridge Spalding
Received 24 Mar 1992Adjacent Four Trees Station Road Long Sutton
Received 30 Jan 2007Wardentree Lane Spalding Lincs
Received 29 Nov 19963 Poachers Gate Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3JP
Received 12 May 2000THE CHESTNUTS CHURCH END GEDNEY SPALDING PE12 0BU
Received 2 May 201486 North Street Crowland Lincs PE6 0EF
Received 2 Jul 1997Warehouse & Premises 32 Little London Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9LE
Received 27 Feb 201778 BOSTON ROAD SOUTH HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7LZ
Received 25 Mar 201430 Alexandra Road Spalding Lincs PE11 2PX
Received 5 Aug 2002Fig Tree Cottage Guanockgate Sutton St Edmunds
Received 26 Jan 200716 Peterborough Road Crowland Peterborough PE6 0BA
Received 22 Jan 201448a STATION STREET DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4UJ
Received 27 Jun 201941 Belchmire Lane Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4HG
Received 18 Nov 201081 & 81A Hall Gate Holbeach Spalding PE12 7HS
Received 20 Sept 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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