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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
37,162 approved · 4,538 refused · 1,372 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wharf Street Nene Quay Sutton Bridge
Received 21 Dec 2007156 Park Road Spalding
Received 1 Oct 2007Ashlea Farm 48 Guanockgate Road Sutton St Edmund Spalding PE12 0LU
Received 16 Nov 2012Home Farm Millgate Whaplode
Received 27 Sept 2004Institute Hall Church Lane Crowland PE6 0ER
Received 2 Jun 2006Land between Spalding Road (A16) & Enterprise Way Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 21 Jan 1994The Factory Salem Street Gosberton Spalding Lincs
Received 13 May 1994Lidl Winsover Centre Spalding PE11 1EJ
Received 4 Mar 201320 Woodrow Place Spalding Lincs PE11 1BF
Received 20 Sept 200711 Pine Close Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 14 Nov 200521 South Parade Spalding Lincs PE11 2YJ
Received 21 Jan 2009Cluttons Close Crowland Peterborough PE6 0HD
Received 21 Oct 1999The Hollies 60 Northons Lane Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7PZ
Received 25 Sept 200258 Riverside Park Spalding Lincs PE11 2FQ
Received 11 Oct 2005Part OS 9558 Low Gate Gedney Spalding Lincs PE12 0BL
Received 9 Sept 1991WILLOW COTTAGE DURHAMS ROAD GEDNEY DAWSMERE SPALDING PE12 9NJ
Received 28 May 202416A & 17 Red Lion Street Spalding Lincs
Received 2 Mar 199850A Sherwood Drive Spalding Lincs PE11 1QP
Received 20 Nov 2012Park Farm Donington Spalding Lincs PE11 4UU
Received 31 Jan 2012THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE 6 SPALDING ROAD HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7HG
Received 6 May 2022Foremans Bridge Caravan Park Sutton St James Nr Spalding Lincs PE12 0HU
Received 17 Jun 2002Country House Hocklesgate Fleet Spalding
Received 27 Aug 19921 NEWLANDS ROAD SURFLEET SPALDING PE11 4DT
Received 18 Jul 2024Land off Farrow Avenue Holbeach Spalding
Received 9 Oct 2026Records 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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