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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37,480 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fishpond Lane Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 4 Aug 1993Crowland Industrial Estate Phoenix Lane Crowland PE6 0GB
Received 24 Feb 2016Barns at Pulvertoft Hall Broadgate Gedney Fen Spalding PE12 0DG
Received 27 Jun 201311 St Polycarps Drive Holbeach Drove Spalding
Received 21 Jun 2001Land Adj. to 1 Sheep Market Spalding PE11 1BH
Received 16 Oct 2024Gedney Road Long Sutton
Received 5 Feb 2002West Bank Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs PE12 9QH
Received 21 Jun 2005Rear of 210 New Road Sutton Bridge Spalding PE12 9QE
Received 31 Oct 20243 RIVER BANK SPALDING PE11 3AA
Received 21 Dec 201816 Market Place Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 6 Dec 1991Centre of Excellence in Agri-Food Land off A151 2 Peppermint Way Holbeach
Received 13 Aug 2020Hall Marsh Farm Little London Long Sutton
Received 10 Dec 2008Pennygate Spalding
Received 25 Aug 2004Lincs Gateway Business Park Barrier Bank Cowbit Spalding PE12 6FY
Received 7 Dec 2022'Mount Pleasant' Roman Bank Crosses Long Sutton
Received 6 Mar 200934 Station Road Tydd Gote Wisbech Cambs PE13 5QA
Received 16 May 2006Adjacent 35 Mill Drove South Cowbit Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 6FS
Received 28 Aug 2015Adj 3 Cluttons Close Crowland PE6 0HD
Received 9 Jun 200330 Bridge Road Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs PE12 9UA
Received 11 Apr 2008Glebe Farm Roman Bank Moulton Seas End Spalding PE12 6LG
Received 12 Dec 2014Penman Clockcare 4-5 Pied Calf Yard Sheep Market Spalding
Received 19 Nov 2008Plot Adj. 'Pennytoft' Windmill Lane Gosberton Risegate Spalding
Received 21 Jun 2001"The Willows", Mill Lane Gosberton Spalding Lincs
Received 24 Apr 199519 Crown Avenue Holbeach St Marks Spalding PE12 8EU
Received 7 Jan 2022Records 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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