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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
37,368 approved · 4,541 refused · 1,374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 28 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White House Chambers Albion Street Spalding Lincs PE11 2AU
Received 27 Apr 2001Moulton Harrox Sports and Social Society Broad Lane Moulton PE12 6PN
Received 13 Feb 201218 Market Street Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9DF
Received 18 Oct 2012SECKFORD LODGE SPALDING ROAD PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3UD
Received 6 Sept 2022Plots 19-22 West Parade Spalding
Received 2 Oct 2008Kindul Winslow Gate Holbeach Spalding PE12 8LS
Received 2 Feb 2017Adjacent : General Stores & Post Office Hillgate Gedney Hill PE12 ONN
Received 9 Jan 2009Washway Road Garage Washway Road Holbeach Spalding
Received 21 Apr 1997Plot 3, Station Road Surfleet Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 26 Feb 1999Parish of Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 24 Jul 2000Sycamore Farm Holbeach Road Spalding Lincs PE12 6JP
Received 1 Oct 2013Castle Villa Guest House 36 Pinchbeck Road Spalding Lincs
Received 26 Apr 199914 RIVER BANK SPALDING PE11 3AA
Received 22 Feb 201972 Lime Walk Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 19 Mar 2004Plot between 39 & 41 Six House Bank West Pinchbeck Spalding
Received 25 Mar 199817 Chapelgate Whaplode Drove Spalding Lincs PE12 0TR
Received 17 Oct 1994SPRINGWAY STOCKWELL GATE WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6UE
Received 9 Aug 2023Red Mayes Farm Lime Walk Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9HG
Received 24 Nov 2021Whisper Cottage Church Lane Tydd St Mary
Received 8 Nov 2006248 Pennygate Spalding Lincs. PE11 1LG
Received 1 Apr 2003HILLS DEPARTMENT STORE 5 - 6 BRIDGE STREET SPALDING PE11 1XA
Received 25 Aug 2016Bridge Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 18 Jun 1996Adjacent 21 Willow Walk Spalding
Received 11 Dec 2007ORCHARD HOUSE BLUE GOWT DROVE SPALDING PE11 3PX
Received 30 Jul 2020Records 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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