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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
37,473 approved · 4,541 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Orchards Broadgate Sutton St James Spalding PE12 0EL
Received 18 Dec 2025Bellevue Farm Elm Lane Spalding PE12 6EQ
Received 9 Jan 2017Willow House Church End Gedney Spalding PE12 0BU
Received 8 Sept 202517 MARSHLANDS DRIVE HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7QQ
Received 18 Sept 2020B and M Autos 10 Gosberton Road Surfleet Spalding PE11 4AB
Received 10 May 2013The Chapel Emporium London Road Long Sutton
Received 3 Apr 2008Riverside Warehouse Former Fire Station Double Street Spalding
Received 8 Aug 2008148 Pennygate Spalding Lincs PE11 1LX
Received 23 Sept 2009Trials Field North of Wardentree Lane Spalding
Received 7 Feb 2003Plot A Broadgate Weston Hills Spalding
Received 30 Nov 2000Wygate Park, (Phase 7) Spalding Lincs
Received 24 Nov 199543/45 Reservoir Road Surfleet Seas End Spalding Lincs PE11 4DH
Received 12 Jul 201619 Barrington Gate Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7DA
Received 25 Oct 20064A High Street Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7DU
Received 21 Oct 2013Beeson House Bell Lane Moulton Spalding Lincs PE12 6PQ
Received 11 Nov 1998St Guthlacs School Postland Road Crowland PE6 0JA
Received 3 Apr 2001Chapel Drove Holbeach Drove Spalding
Received 16 Dec 2002Focke Shambles New Road Deeping St Nicholas PE11 3DU
Received 9 Nov 200428 Garnsgate Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9BT
Received 7 Oct 2005Land adjacent 6 Market Way Pinchbeck
Received 20 Nov 2007Delgate Farm Foots Drove Weston Hills Spalding Lincs
Received 12 Feb 1993Bank House Bensgate Fleet Spalding Lincs
Received 6 Jun 200152 Winsover Road Spalding PE11 1EN
Received 11 Dec 2015The Plough Public House Woodgate Road Moulton Chapel
Received 15 Sept 2008Records 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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