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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.
26,591 approved · 3,510 refused · 932 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Nov 1995 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Plot 4 The Meadows Stockwell Gate Whaplode
Received 13 Mar 200247 STATION STREET DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4UQ
Received 3 Jan 2025Guywells Farmhouse Sholtsgate Whaplode Spalding Lincs PE12 6TZ
Received 15 May 2007Green Lane Holbeach
Received 18 Oct 2006160 STATION ROAD SURFLEET SPALDING PE11 4DG
Received 13 Jun 2016Ladyville Fengate Moulton Chapel Spalding, Lincs. PE12 0XR
Received 2 Jan 2002SYCAMORE LODGE JIGGLES GATE GEDNEY SPALDING PE12 8SY
Received 18 Dec 2018WEST END LODGE 88 KNIGHT STREET PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3RB
Received 4 Aug 2017Chailey House Chapelgate Gedney Spalding PE12 0BJ
Received 23 May 2011WHAPLODE FOOD STORE 217 HIGH ROAD WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6TJ
Received 10 Sept 2025Sandhurst Holbeach Drove
Received 7 May 2003Low Road Crowland PE6 0BX
Received 8 Jan 2003The Stores and Filling Station Holbeach Drove Spalding Lincs PE12 0PX
Received 3 Sept 20124 Keepers Close Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3JR
Received 12 Apr 2002Plot 2 Mercia Lodge Pinchbeck Road Spalding
Received 9 Aug 2004Rear of 58 Spalding Road Holbeach Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 7HG
Received 8 Aug 2024Perserverance House Drove Road Shepeau Stow
Received 14 Dec 2001Yew Cottage 3 Beechfield Gardens Spalding Lincs PE11 1UN
Received 3 Jan 2012McDonalds Restaurant Holbeach Road (Junction A16/A151) North East Quadrant Spalding
Received 18 Feb 2008Brenchley House 43 Market Place Long Sutton
Received 22 Jan 200439 Reservoir Road Surfleet Seas End Spalding Lincs PE11 4HD
Received 23 Mar 2007Red Mays Farm Lime Walk Long Sutton Spalding, Lincs. PE12 9HG
Received 30 Jan 2003THE WHITEHOUSE 53 BROADGATE WHAPLODE DROVE SPALDING PE12 0TN
Received 6 Jun 2023ASHGROVE FARM AUSTENDYKE ROAD WESTON HILLS SPALDING PE12 6BZ
Received 26 Jun 2015Records 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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