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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37,480 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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IVY HOUSE GOSBERTON BANK GOSBERTON SPALDING PE11 4PB
Received 9 Jun 2026Hovenden House Fleet Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Mar 1995Former Antiques Centre London Road Long Sutton Spalding
Received 16 Mar 202019 COUNTER DRAIN DROVE TONGUE END SPALDING PE11 3JJ
Received 25 Mar 2025Blazegate Gedney Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Sept 1997Land rear 7 Badgate Road Donington PE11 4TH
Received 25 Sept 2007SPALDING ACADEMY SCHOOL NEVILLE AVENUE SPALDING PE11 2EJ
Received 18 Feb 2026The Museum Broad Street Spalding PE11 1TB
Received 27 Mar 2009Roman Bank Holbeach Bank Spalding, Lincs
Received 1 Jul 1999Harvester Way Crowland
Received 3 Apr 2009167 Main Road Quadring Spalding Lincs
Received 15 Jul 2002New Road Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs
Received 19 Mar 2015Off Pipwell Gate Moulton Seas End Spalding PE12 6LU
Received 29 May 2019St John The Baptist Primary School Hawthorn Bank Spalding
Received 8 Jul 2002SYCAMORES BACK BANK WHAPLODE DROVE SPALDING PE12 0TT
Received 6 Jun 2018Land off Chalk Lane/King John Bank at Wingland Sutton Bridge Spalding
Received 3 Mar 1999Double Roof High Road Moulton Spalding Lincs
Received 18 Jan 1995Part OS 4257 Holbeach Drove Gate Holbeach Drove
Received 27 Mar 2006Friskney House Six House Bank West Pinchbeck Spalding
Received 1 Oct 1991HAGBEACH MANOR MILLGATE WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6RT
Received 16 May 202432-33 Hall Place Spalding PE11 1SG
Received 22 Jul 20218 SALEM STREET GOSBERTON SPALDING PE11 4NQ
Received 19 Mar 2026Langdale Nursery Swindlers Drove 11 & 15 Mallard Road, Low Fulney Spalding
Received 25 Nov 200511a Spalding Common Spalding PE11 3AS
Received 22 Nov 2016Records 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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