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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
37,398 approved · 4,541 refused · 1,374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Herring Lane Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 23 Apr 1996'Fairview', Lutton Bank Lutton Spalding Lincs
Received 20 Mar 19976 WEST STREET LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9BN
Received 8 Apr 2022EASTERN FORGE STOCKWELL GATE WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6UE
Received 12 Feb 2024Rear of The Olde Ship Inn 89 London Road Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9EE
Received 30 May 2022McDonalds Restaurant Ltd A16/A151 Intersection Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Feb 1998Marks & Spencer PLC Springfields Outlet Centre Camel Gate Spalding PE12 6ET
Received 25 Mar 2015Off Millgate Whaplode Spalding PE12 6RT
Received 26 Feb 2019McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Vicarage Lane Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9AF
Received 9 Jul 2009Dozens Bank Pode Hole Spalding Lincs PE11 3NA
Received 10 May 200090 Gedney Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9JO
Received 9 Mar 2001Benner Road Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Aug 199757 BOWGATE GOSBERTON SPALDING PE11 4LL
Received 26 Sept 2018Hovenden House Fleet Bank Fleet Spalding PE12 8LP
Received 8 Feb 2024The Royal Standard Site London Road Long Sutton Spalding, Lincs
Received 23 Mar 19995 NEW ROAD SPALDING PE11 1BS
Received 29 Apr 2014Primus Close Moulton Chapel Spalding PE12 0FP
Received 30 May 2025Holmlea Lowgate Tydd St Mary
Received 26 Sept 200838 Broad Lane Moulton
Received 19 Nov 200758 EDINBURGH WALK WEST PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3NG
Received 7 Feb 202314A Mill Lane Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4NN
Received 8 Dec 201528 WEST COB GATE MOULTON SPALDING PE12 6QN
Received 26 Jan 2022Adj. 2 Pipwell Gate Moulton Seas End Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 6LU
Received 4 Nov 202484 Broadgate Weston Spalding Lincs
Received 25 Oct 2001Records 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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