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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
37,172 approved · 4,540 refused · 1,374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 28 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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The John Harrox CP School Broad Lane Moulton Spalding
Received 17 May 201233 Roman Bank Spalding Lincs PE11 2HN
Received 25 Sept 2012The Old Vicarage Cobgate Whaplode
Received 8 May 2007Cley Hall Hotel 22 High Street Spalding
Received 2 Aug 2005Six House Bank West Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 2 Feb 1998Land at Rear of 39 Joys Bank Holbeach St Johns
Received 17 Jul 2002Seas End Road Moulton Seas End Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Jul 199230 Exeter Drive Spalding Lincs PE11 2DY
Received 4 Oct 2002Adjacent: 170 Winsover Road Spalding Lincs PE11 1HQ
Received 4 Apr 20173 Claudette Way Spalding Lincs PE11 1AJ
Received 20 Jul 2018Irby House Millgate Whaplode Spalding PE12 6RT
Received 3 Mar 2025Greenacres Tydd Low Road Long Sutton Spalding, Lincs.
Received 20 Oct 1999Seagate Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 29 Jul 2004Laurel Lodge Stores Washway Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 24 Feb 2000Heron Orchard Holiday Park Frostley Gate Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 8SR
Received 11 Jul 2011Burtey Fen Farm West side of Burtey Fen Lane Pinchbeck
Received 7 Aug 200245 The Tenters Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7AR
Received 16 Jul 2009Shoebridge Engineering Ltd Kellet Gate Low Fulney Spalding Lincs PE12 6EH
Received 3 Nov 20099 Ludlow Gardens Quadring Spalding Lincs PE11 4QH
Received 2 Sept 2011Orchard Farm Dowsdale Bank Shepeau Stow
Received 19 Apr 2004RECTORY PARK CHURCH STREET HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7LL
Received 30 Jun 2022The Meadows Whale Drove Whaplode Drove Spalding Lincs PE12 0UB
Received 11 Feb 2005Surfleet Road Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3XY
Received 19 Apr 2004Chestnut House North Pennyhill Holbeach Spalding PE12 8DN
Received 4 Sept 2025Records 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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