Understanding planning · 13 min read
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37,480 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Manordale Whitecross Sutton St James Spalding Lincs PE12 0HZ
Received 12 Feb 2007Greenacres Tydd Low Road Long Sutton
Received 26 Jun 2003The Annexe 12A Broad Street Spalding
Received 1 Sept 2008The Annexe 139 HIGH ROAD WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6TJ
Received 18 Feb 20197 BURGESS DRIVE FLEET SPALDING PE12 8NR
Received 1 Apr 2019Land adj. The Beeches Horseshoe Road Spalding Lincs PE11 3JA
Received 20 Jan 201613 Abbey Walk Crowland Peterborough Cambs PE6 0EP
Received 15 Mar 2002Building Plots Adj. The Former 'Plough' Roman Bank Long Sutton
Received 1 Apr 1998Former School Playing Field St Johns Road Weston Hills Spalding PE12 6DQ
Received 4 Apr 2024Halmer Gardens Spalding Lincs
Received 20 Feb 2003Fairways Bensgate Fleet Fen Spalding
Received 19 Apr 201328 PINCHBECK ROAD SPALDING PE11 1QD
Received 18 May 2026Land rear 43 West Elloe Avenue Spalding
Received 21 Dec 2004228 Broadgate Sutton St Edmunds Spalding Lincs PE12 0LT
Received 8 Sept 1997Thomas Cowley High School School Lane Donington Spalding PE11 4TF
Received 2 Sept 2013Land between 4 & 5 Star Lane Holbeach Bank Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 8BQ
Received 5 Jun 20251 Chancery Lane Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 9 Jul 2001Oak Cottage Small Drove Lane West Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3NL
Received 12 Apr 20249 High Street Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Oct 1996Cloughs Cross Bridge Carrying Road B1166 over North Level Main Drain, Throckenholt Spalding Lincs
Received 31 Dec 1991Highgate House 90 Backgate Lane Cowbit Spalding Lincs PE12 6AP
Received 18 Jan 199696 Wignals Gate Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 27 Mar 2000Adjacent 25 Red Lion Street Spalding Lincs
Received 25 Sept 200922 FARROW AVENUE HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7DG
Received 19 Aug 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage