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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
37,176 approved · 4,541 refused · 1,374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 28 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cornerways 2 St James Road Long Sutton, Spalding Lincolnshire . PE12 9AZ
Received 10 Aug 200057 Pennytoft Lane Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 12 May 1993Freelands Clarkshill Gedney Fen Spalding Lincs PE12 0DQ
Received 9 Mar 200445 & 48 Longs Warehouse and vacant plot Double Street Spalding
Received 3 Dec 199316 High Street Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 29 Nov 2001North Barn Farmhouse 199 North Road Gedney Hill Spalding
Received 29 Mar 2018Angel Cottage 26 Jubilee Close Sutton St James
Received 15 Sept 2006'Cornerways', Washway Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 4 Apr 1996The Manor Washway Road Holbeach
Received 13 Feb 2008Rear of 58 Spalding Road Holbeach Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 7HG
Received 30 Apr 20242 Clay Drove West Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3MB
Received 13 Aug 2003Washway House Farm Washway Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 18 Dec 1991379 Broadgate Weston Hills Spalding Lincs
Received 28 Feb 1994Managers Office Wragg Marsh Farm Marsh Road Spalding Marsh PE12 6HQ
Received 18 Apr 20138 St Pega Close Crowland PE6 0NP
Received 10 Jan 201352 BACKGATE COWBIT SPALDING PE12 6AP
Received 31 Jan 2022Former: LCC Highways Depot Hallgate Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 12 Jul 19932 HALMER GARDENS SPALDING PE11 2EF
Received 28 Oct 20256 Clough Road Holbeach Clough Spalding Lincs PE12 8BW
Received 22 Nov 200631 HALL PLACE SPALDING PE11 1SG
Received 21 Sept 2022High Road Whaplode
Received 1 Jun 200513 Lowgate Lutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9HP
Received 11 Jun 2010LAVENDER CORNER KING JOHN BANK WALPOLE ST ANDREW WISBECH PE14 7JT
Received 13 Dec 2017Sheaf Cottage Sutton Crosses Long Sutton Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 15 Dec 2004Records 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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