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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
37,480 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Georgian Court Haverfield Road Spalding Lincs PE11 2QT
Received 22 Jan 2013THE OLD METHODIST CHURCH HIGH ROAD WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6TG
Received 7 May 202445 Lime Walk Lutton
Received 5 Sept 200130 Cranesgate North Whaplode St Catherine Spalding PE12 6SR
Received 28 Oct 202126 Pinchbeck Road Spalding Lincs PE11 1QD
Received 4 Feb 2010The Old Mill 11 Backgate Cowbit Spalding PE12 6AP
Received 24 Oct 2019Willesby Coach House Albion Street Spalding Lincs PE11 2AU
Received 18 Oct 1993Monmouth Lane Lutton Spalding PE12 9LH
Received 2 Jul 2024Springfields Festival Gardens and Outlet Centre Camel Gate Spalding
Received 17 Dec 2007High Road Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 6 Mar 2000Chase Farm 4 Vicarage Lane Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9AF
Received 1 Jul 20252 Malten Lane Whaplode Nr Spalding Lincs PE12 6TN
Received 16 Mar 1992Wits' End 15 Siltside Gosberton Risegate Spalding Lincs PE11 4ET
Received 17 Jul 200038 Alderlands Close Crowland Peterborough Cambs PE6 0BS
Received 20 Aug 200425 SORREL DRIVE SPALDING PE11 3GN
Received 22 Jun 202312 Julias Mead Spalding Lincs PE11 1RS
Received 17 Apr 20094 Coalbeach Lane Surfleet Spalding
Received 6 Feb 20011 South Street Crowland Lincs PE6 0AH
Received 22 Nov 1999Cowbit Farm Mill Drove Cowbit Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 16 Nov 1998POPPY FIELDS CARAVAN PARK FIELDS FARM SOUTH SUTTON BRIDGE SPALDING PE12 9XT
Received 13 Dec 2023Spalding Energy Company Ltd West Marsh Road Spalding
Received 22 Dec 2006222 MAIN ROAD QUADRING SPALDING PE11 4PT
Received 16 Sept 2020Bridge Road Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs
Received 27 Dec 2000Land at Holbeach Road Spalding Lincs PE12 6JP
Received 11 Apr 2011Records 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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