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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
37,456 approved · 4,541 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
'Altbrook' Ravens Bank Holbeach Fen Spalding Lincs
Received 8 Nov 2000Land off Six House Bank West Pinchbeck
Received 28 Apr 2005The Pavilion 51 Bridge Road Sutton Bridge Spalding PE12 9SA
Received 7 Jul 2026Land off Six House Bank West Pinchbeck
Received 1 Dec 20031 Spring Gardens Spalding
Received 13 Mar 200623 WEST STREET CROWLAND PETERBOROUGH PE6 0EE
Received 17 Apr 2024Land adjacent 1 Brayfields Pinchbeck
Received 22 Jun 2007McDonalds Restaurant Ltd A16/A151 Intersection Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Feb 1998Sewage Treatment Works Near Westmere Creek Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs
Received 9 Feb 1994WOODHOUSE HOLBEACH ROAD SPALDING PE12 6JP
Received 4 Aug 201748 Park Close Spalding Lincs
Received 27 Oct 1995GREENACRES FEN ROAD HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 8QD
Received 29 May 2019LILAC HOUSE HERRING LANE PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3ST
Received 26 Aug 202632 Pennygate Spalding
Received 30 Mar 2009New Industrial Estate Wardentree Lane Pinchbeck
Received 13 Sept 2005Tanglewood Cedar Falls London Road Spalding
Received 23 Jul 200237 Independence Drive Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3TR
Received 18 Jan 2010Langley Park Chalk Lane Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs PE12 9YF
Received 25 Apr 2003Off Hallgate Fleet
Received 27 Mar 2006Hallgate Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 2 Feb 199391 West Elloe Avenue Spalding
Received 24 May 20061 High Street Moulton Spalding Lincs PE12 6NN
Received 2 Feb 2010Shepherds House Fox Heading Lane Holbeach St Johns Spalding, Lincs PE12 8RH
Received 7 Jun 1999Bank House 63 Double Street Spalding Lincs PE11 2AB
Received 27 Oct 1994Records 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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