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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.
23,661 approved · 3,212 refused · 847 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 2003 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adj. 128 Barrier Bank Cowbit Spalding
Received 28 May 2021A1 Storage Solutions Wisbech Road Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9AG
Received 20 Aug 2021Surfleet Primary School 76 Station Road Surfleet Spalding PE11 4DB
Received 3 Jun 2026RUALEN MILL GREEN ROAD PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3PU
Received 18 Oct 2018Fen House Bungalow Broadgate Gedney Spalding PE12 0DG
Received 28 Mar 2013The Blue Bell Inn Cranesgate South Whaplode St Catherine Spalding Lincs PE12 6SN
Received 14 Feb 2006Land opposite Northons Lane Holbeach
Received 23 May 2008Land East of Crease Drove Crowland
Received 13 Jul 2021Opposite Hightoft House Birds Drove Surfleet Spalding PE11 4BE
Received 13 Sept 20121 Monkshouse Court Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 3YS
Received 18 Nov 2015The White Cottage Drove Road Shepeau Stow Spalding Lincs PE12 0TU
Received 17 Jul 2018ASHTREE HOUSE 72 BARRIER BANK COWBIT SPALDING PE12 6AQ
Received 7 Jan 2016PADDOCK HOUSE 68 NORTHONS LANE HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7PZ
Received 27 Jul 2016Crown & Woolpack Restaurant 9 High Street Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9DB
Received 20 Sept 2019Clear View King John Bank Walpole St Andrew
Received 27 Feb 2006OLD VICARAGE 48 CHURCH LANE MOULTON SPALDING PE12 6NP
Received 6 Oct 2026FOUR ACRES 36 LIME WALK LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9HG
Received 17 Mar 2014Foresters Hall High Street Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Nov 2009Park Farm Station Road Donington Spalding Lincs PE11 4UJ
Received 1 Feb 201011 WEST COB GATE MOULTON SPALDING PE12 6QN
Received 14 Apr 201413 Station Road Tydd Gote Wisbech Cambs PE13 5QA
Received 23 Apr 2013Beechfield House 19B High Street Spalding PE11 1UD
Received 3 Jul 2026The Red Cow Public House Main Road Quadring
Received 9 Aug 2006180 Station Road Surfleet Spalding PE11 4DG
Received 1 Mar 2021Records 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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