Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
23,986 approved · 3,245 refused · 855 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 May 2003 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land south of 40 Hall Street Crowland Spalding PE6 0EW
Received 18 Feb 2015DORLANDS 60 MOLE DROVE GEDNEY HILL SPALDING PE12 0PA
Received 12 Feb 2021Plot 1 Lowgate Lutton
Received 14 May 20044 BIRCH CLOSE PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3YH
Received 19 Nov 2021Holland House Sutton Road Sutton St James Spalding Lincs PE12 0HS
Received 21 Feb 2005WHAPLODE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL MILL LANE WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6TS
Received 23 Jul 2021LIDL UK 29 HOLBEACH ROAD SPALDING PE11 2HX
Received 23 Jun 2020THE WILLOWS 40 PARK AVENUE SPALDING PE11 1QX
Received 2 Sept 201488 Little London Spalding
Received 22 Nov 2004Land Adjacent to 26 Green Lane Spalding PE11 2YD
Received 17 Jun 2014Ash Farm 9 Dog Drove North Holbeach Drove Spalding PE12 0SA
Received 8 Mar 201273 Bourne Road Spalding
Received 17 Aug 2007Former Safeway Swan Street Spalding
Received 24 Jun 2004Northorpe Farm Northorpe Donington Spalding PE11 4XY
Received 28 Oct 2011St Mary's Church Church Street Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 5 Jun 2009Land at Sutton Bridge Golf Club New Road Sutton Bridge SPALDING PE12 9RQ
Received 15 Mar 2017Garnsgate Hall Lutton Garnsgate Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9JP
Received 17 Dec 20131 Cathedral Drive Spalding Lincs PE11 1PL
Received 10 Dec 2009The Chapel Emporium London Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9EA
Received 2 Feb 201157 Days Lane Donington
Received 22 Dec 2005Home Farm Littleworth Drove Deeping St Nicholas Spalding
Received 13 Jul 2026Tate Business Park Dozens Bank Pode Hole Spalding PE11 3LX
Received 16 Oct 2012Carters Park Park Road Holbeach Spalding PE12 7EE
Received 16 Dec 20222 Churchill Drive Spalding PE11 2RL
Received 9 Mar 2012Records 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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