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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
37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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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.
CHURCH HOUSE 36 CHURCH STREET DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4UA
Received 11 Jan 2023Adj 204 Pennygate Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 1LT
Received 28 Apr 2023MCDONALDS RESTAURANTS LTD VICARAGE LANE LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9AF
Received 11 Aug 2016St Nicholas Church Lowgate Lutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9HP
Received 3 Aug 2011Holbeach House North Side of Fleet Road Holbeach
Received 5 Jun 2003Plot 5 West Drove South Gedney Hill Spalding PE12 0PN
Received 13 Aug 202033 Hannam Boulevard Spalding Lincs
Received 15 Nov 1993Rear of 23 Holbeach Road Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 10 Dec 199910 Wrights Lane Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs
Received 5 Feb 1996Cranesgate House Cranesgate North Whaplode Spalding PE12 6TY
Received 10 Feb 2025Lowgate Tydd St Mary Wisbech Cambs
Received 24 Jul 200087 LITTLE LONDON LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9LF
Received 11 Nov 2024Washway Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 13 Feb 2001Drain Bank South Cowbit Spalding Lincs PE12 6AF
Received 13 Aug 20098 Pennine Way Spalding Lincs PE11 2DB
Received 21 Nov 2008BROMLEYS BARN 129 STARLODE DROVE WEST PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3TD
Received 23 Mar 2018Unit 61 Springfields Outlet Centre Camel Gate Spalding PE12 6EU
Received 27 Jan 2026Firtree Lodge Woods Lane Surfleet
Received 12 Dec 20083-5 Rectory Road Tydd St Mary Wisbech PE13 5QL
Received 1 Jun 202143 High Street Gosberton PE11 4NW
Received 15 May 2018Broadview Stonegate Gedney Spalding Lincs PE12 0BY
Received 21 Jun 2007Fen House Farm Gedney Broadgate Spalding
Received 21 Mar 2001Borden House, Thorney Road Nene Terrace Crowland PE6 0LF
Received 15 Oct 1996Salvation Army Hall Hall Street Crowland Peterborough PE6 OEW
Received 6 Dec 2000Records 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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