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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37,480 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Manor Farm Holbeach Hurn Spalding Lincs
Received 3 Jun 1997Beck Farm House Fen Road Donington Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Aug 2000Millfield Nursery Mill Lane Gedney Hill Spalding
Received 16 Nov 2022Redwood Lodge 96 Dog Drove North Holbeach Drove Spalding PE12 0SA
Received 6 Aug 2021Plot opp. 169 Cradge Bank (TF 2347/2037) Spalding Lincs
Received 8 Oct 19982 Vicarage Lane Long Sutton
Received 1 Nov 200713A The Crescent Spalding Lincs PE11 1AE
Received 3 Aug 2010Mill Lane Gedney Hill Spalding Lincs
Received 5 Oct 1998Holly Lodge West Marsh Road Spalding Lincs
Received 21 Feb 199572 WEST ELLOE AVENUE SPALDING PE11 2BJ
Received 31 Aug 2016Adj. 6 Banbury Close Spalding Lincs PE11 2BW
Received 19 Mar 2020Adjacent: Havencombe Chapelgate Sutton St James Spalding PE12 0EF
Received 12 Jan 2018'Byeways' Farm Common Road Whaplode Drove Spalding Lincs
Received 7 Dec 1999Wardentree Park Wardentree Lane Spalding Lincs
Received 24 Dec 1999The Bakers Oven 8 Hall Place Spalding Lincs
Received 6 Jun 2001Boston Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 14 Oct 1992Ravensdale Bensgate Fleet Spalding Lincs
Received 8 Jan 2001Yew Lodge Farm Gull Bank Whaplode Drove Spalding Lincs PE12 0SS
Received 1 Feb 200743 AUSTENDYKE ROAD WESTON HILLS SPALDING PE12 6BX
Received 27 Aug 202197 High Street Gosberton
Received 21 Oct 2005Chapelgate Sutton St James Spalding Lincs
Received 31 Dec 19912 East Street Crowland PE6 0EN
Received 19 Oct 20048 Hagbeach Gate Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 9 Feb 1995MOORLANDS BROADGATE GEDNEY SPALDING PE12 0DG
Received 23 Dec 2021Records 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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