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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.
28,935 approved · 3,684 refused · 1,049 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Nov 1995 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bungalow Gull Farm Deeping High Bank PE11 3DY
Received 8 Sept 2008Part of Former Airfield Chalk Lane Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs
Received 15 May 2000Little Dog Drove Holbeach St Johns
Received 23 Jul 200359 West Elloe Avenue Spalding PE11 2BJ
Received 27 Jan 2017132 Quadring Road Donington Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Apr 2002Adjacent 90 Chapelgate Sutton St James
Received 10 Aug 2005Tretton Manor Barn Lowgate Tydd St Giles Wisbech Cambs PE13 5PD
Received 16 Sept 200210 Bridge Street Spalding
Received 23 Mar 2007FLEET PRIMARY SCHOOL WOOD LANE FLEET SPALDING PE12 8NN
Received 18 Feb 2020The Old Vicarage 8 Spalding Road Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3UD
Received 10 May 2010Field View Draw Dyke Sutton St James Spalding PE12 0HW
Received 17 Oct 2024Land off Draw Dyke Sutton St James
Received 2 Jul 2002The Cottage Fengate Road West Pinchbeck PE11 3NE
Received 12 Jun 200718 Low Road Crowland Peterborough PE6 0BX
Received 7 Nov 2019Enterprise Way Pinchbeck Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 2YR
Received 8 Oct 1999East Reach Farm Hop Pole Deeping St Nicholas Spalding PE11 3HJ
Received 3 Mar 2023Land Off Hallgate/Fen Road Holbeach Spalding
Received 10 Jul 2020Site adj. to 8 Belchmire Lane Gosberton Spalding PE11 4HG
Received 11 Feb 201546 Laxton Gardens Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3PR
Received 23 Nov 2000Rear of 38 Moulton Chapel Road Cowbit Spalding
Received 2 Jul 2013St Marys Church Barrier Bank Cowbit Spalding PE12 6AH
Received 3 Mar 2023Ye Olde Dun Cow 164 Barrier Bank Cowbit Spalding PE12 6AL
Received 23 Dec 201359 Vicarage Lane Long Sutton Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 9AF
Received 19 Jun 2025Manor House Broadgate Sutton St James Spalding PE12 0JS
Received 27 May 2020Records 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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