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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.
27,051 approved · 3,537 refused · 950 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 to the rear of The Sycamores Main Road Tydd Gote Spalding PE13 5QG
Received 17 Apr 2023Barrington House Farm Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 8QG
Received 3 Jun 2005Bull Hotel Market Place Long Sutton PE12 9DB
Received 18 Feb 2013234 Pennygate Spalding Lincs
Received 4 Oct 200519 Welby Gardens Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7JY
Received 13 Aug 2009Tretton Manor Barn Lowgate Tydd St Mary Wisbech PE13 5PD
Received 11 Jun 2012Crease Drove Crowland Peterborough PE6 0BN
Received 8 Oct 2002Washway House Farm Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7PP
Received 2 Dec 2004SPALDING PARISH CHURCH DAY SCHOOL CLAY LAKE SPALDING PE11 2QG
Received 30 Mar 2016Site Adj. Silverdene Boston Road Gosberton Spalding
Received 1 Sept 2022Former Gosberton Food Park Quadring Road Gosberton Spalding PE11 4NB
Received 7 Feb 2014SEAS END HALL HALL LANE MOULTON SEAS END SPALDING PE12 6LB
Received 27 Feb 202671 Battlesfield Lane Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7DG
Received 30 Dec 20023 Branches Lane Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7BE
Received 14 Feb 2005Rear Spalding Services and Social Club 24 High Street Spalding
Received 13 Nov 20072 Vernatts Green Spalding Lincs PE11 3MU
Received 26 Sept 2006Broadgate Whaplode Drove Spalding PE12 0TN
Received 2 Feb 2016Adj. Ashgrove Lodge Austendyke Road Weston Hills Spalding PE12 6BZ
Received 5 Apr 2023Land Adjacent 1 Baulkins Drove Sutton St James PE12 0JX
Received 19 Apr 2006Glenside Cottage Glenside North West Pinchbeck
Received 8 Aug 2008Land east of River Nene and North of Secondary Sea Defence Wingland Sutton Bridge
Received 20 Apr 2010OLD SCHOOL HOUSE LONG LANE GEDNEY HILL SPALDING PE12 0PP
Received 11 Jul 2017ASHBURTON HOUSE PENNY HILL ROAD HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7RT
Received 15 Nov 20228 Hall Street Crowland PE6 OEW
Received 1 Jun 2007Records 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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