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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37,480 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent 38 Delgate Avenue Weston
Received 5 Jul 2006GLEN FARROW LIMITED GLENDUM CLOSE PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3DQ
Received 27 Jan 2022Cressy Hall, Cawood Lane Gosberton Spalding Lincs
Received 6 Nov 1995Lime Walk Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9EZ
Received 30 Jun 2011Land at Castlefields Pinchbeck Road Spalding
Received 13 Dec 2002PRODUCE PACKAGING ELSOMS WAY PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3JG
Received 23 Aug 20215 Woodgate Road Moulton Chapel Spalding Lincs
Received 28 Apr 1999THE MEADOWS TOWN DAM LANE DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4TP
Received 4 Oct 202456 MILL LANE WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6TS
Received 2 Apr 20243 Crossgate Crescent Pinchbeck Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 8 May 199859 Bowgate Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4LL
Received 26 Nov 2009Willow Tree Lodge Main Road Deeping St Nicholas PE11 3DJ
Received 15 Oct 200335B Spring Gardens Spalding Lincs
Received 24 Jan 199443 Holbeach Road Spalding Lincs
Received 30 Aug 2001Rosedene 10 Mill Lane Whaplode Spalding Lincs PE12 6TP
Received 21 Feb 2003Former Nene Transport Station Road Long Sutton Spalding
Received 6 May 2021Fen Road Holbeach Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 8QD
Received 20 Jan 2000Baytree Nurseries and Garden Centre High Road Weston
Received 10 Jul 2006Former British Sugar Factory Site West Marsh Road Spalding
Received 8 Aug 1997Rear of 55 Love Lane Spalding
Received 20 Jan 1992Land adjacent to 1 Drawdyke Tydd St Mary Spalding Lincs
Received 26 May 201036 Boston Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs, PE12 7LX
Received 21 Sept 1994Marks Spencer Outlet Unit 32 Springfields Gardens Camel Gate Spalding
Received 1 Oct 2007Topsgate Gedney Spalding Lincs
Received 6 May 1997Records 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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