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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
37,158 approved · 4,535 refused · 1,372 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ex Council Depot - Caravan Site Langary Gate Fleet Coy Gedney Hill Nr Spalding Lincs
Received 11 May 1998Matmore Gate Spalding
Received 14 Jun 200710 Lime Grove Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 5 Jun 19967 The Reservoir Surfleet Spalding PE11 4DJ
Received 12 Aug 202634 Station Road Moulton Spalding Lincs PE12 6QE
Received 27 Jun 200288A SPALDING COMMON SPALDING PE11 3AU
Received 26 Aug 2014THE SYCAMORES MAIN ROAD TYDD GOTE SPALDING PE13 5QG
Received 13 Feb 20238 Clay Lake Lane Spalding Lincs PE11 2QG
Received 26 Mar 2004CROWLAND METHODIST CHURCH REFORM STREET CROWLAND PETERBOROUGH PE6 0AN
Received 8 Mar 20168 MALTING LANE DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4XA
Received 16 Aug 2019Washway Road Pennyhill Holbeach Lincolnshire
Received 26 Jan 1999352 High Road Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 4 Feb 2008Severn Road Spalding Lincs PE11 2JX
Received 28 Nov 2012Fleet Road Industrial Estate Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 5 Nov 1992THE PARSONAGE 8 CHURCH STREET SPALDING PE11 2PB
Received 10 Oct 2016Rear of 68 Bridge Road Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 9UA
Received 4 Jun 2024Playing Field Lowgate Lutton
Received 5 May 2006BRESBY HOUSE NEW ROAD QUADRING EAUDIKE SPALDING PE11 4QB
Received 8 Feb 2021Halmer Gardens Spalding Lincs
Received 3 Mar 2003Land off Pinstock Lane Gedney Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 0BT
Received 17 Jan 2024Land off Small Drove Weston Spalding PE12 6HU
Received 4 Mar 201926 Market Street Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 6 May 1999Land off Gipsy Lane Gedney
Received 4 Mar 2004Willow Lodge Horseshoe Road Spalding Lincs PE11 3JA
Received 18 Feb 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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