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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
36,719 approved · 4,455 refused · 1,333 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jul 1989 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 POPLARS 164 NORTH ROAD GEDNEY HILL SPALDING PE12 0NS
Received 10 Dec 20254 Monkshouse Court Spalding
Received 24 Sept 1992ASHGROVE FARM AUSTENDYKE ROAD WESTON HILLS SPALDING PE12 6BZ
Received 1 Feb 2023Land off Town Dam Lane Donington Spalding PE11 4YE
Received 7 Apr 20266 Church Green Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9BQ
Received 31 Jan 2006Units 2 & 3 14 The Crescent Spalding PE11 1AE
Received 12 Jan 2026101 Station Road Surfleet Spalding Lincs
Received 3 Jan 2001THOMAS COWLEY HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL LANE DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4TF
Received 13 Jun 2018The Childers High Road Whaplode
Received 24 Nov 2003Holbeach Road N E Quadrant Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 2 Jul 1998Council Offices Priory Road Spalding Lincs
Received 13 Jan 1994St Davids Nursery Frostley Gate Fleet Fen Spalding
Received 26 Nov 1997Glen Mill Glenside North West Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3NW
Received 25 Sept 2013Land at Hereward Way Crowland Peterborough PE6 0BL
Received 4 Jul 20257 Reform Street Crowland PE6 0AN
Received 4 Feb 2002157 WOOLRAM WYGATE SPALDING PE11 3PA
Received 3 May 2020THE HAWTHORNS FOXES LOW ROAD HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7PA
Received 8 Apr 2021Crease Drove Crowland Peterborough PE6 OBN
Received 5 May 201114 STUKELEY ROAD HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7LQ
Received 23 Jan 2015Lutton Gowts Spalding Lincs
Received 19 Nov 19962 New Road Spalding Lincs PE11 1BS
Received 8 Mar 2011The Wad, Joys Bank Holbeach St Johns Spalding Lincs
Received 14 Nov 1996The Quay 56 Double Street Spalding Lincs PE11 2AB
Received 10 Jun 201010 ANGELL LANE HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7EW
Received 20 Feb 2024Records 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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