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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Holland District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Holland website
35,346 approved · 4,236 refused · 1,275 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Mar 1990 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Orchards Land South Side of Blazegate Gedney Spalding PE12 0AD
Received 1 Oct 2026Land adjacent to Harrox House Moulton Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Jun 199519 Orchard Close Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3RL
Received 17 May 2004Bridge Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Nov 1995The Granary Hundred Fen Gosberton Westhorpe
Received 21 Jun 2004West Marsh Road Spalding Lincs PE11 2BB
Received 27 May 200318 Siltside Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4ET
Received 2 Nov 2005Former Finnings Site Westlode Street Spalding
Received 19 Apr 2006CROWN HALL FARM 60 EAUGATE ROAD MOULTON EAUGATE SPALDING PE12 0XJ
Received 28 May 2024Alderlands James Road Crowland PE6 0AA
Received 22 Aug 2025Land at Horsepit Lane Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3YB
Received 16 Sept 2021ST PAULS FRONT ROAD TYDD ST MARY SPALDING PE13 5RF
Received 12 Aug 2015In the garden of the Old Vicarage Church Lane Moulton
Received 28 Feb 201250 St James Road Long Sutton
Received 21 Feb 200210 West End Holbeach Spalding PE12 7LW
Received 18 Oct 2013Site Swapcoat Lane Long Sutton
Received 28 Nov 2005BARBERS SHOP 34 ALBION STREET SPALDING PE11 2AJ
Received 22 Jul 2015Walnut House 23 Quadring Road Donington Spalding Lincs PE11 4TD
Received 27 Jun 2005Adjacent Two Hoots Lutton Gowts Spalding PE12 9LQ
Received 26 Sept 2013149 BOURNE ROAD SPALDING PE11 3LJ
Received 22 Dec 2016Boundary House Main Road Deeping St Nicholas Spalding Lincs PE11 3DL
Received 15 Mar 2018Adj 84 Station Road Tydd Gote
Received 13 Mar 2003The Old Rectory 8 Church Street Spalding
Received 14 Jun 2006The Poplars Cowbit Road Spalding Lincs PE11 2RJ
Received 28 Mar 2013Records 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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