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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
37,484 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
'Cherry Lodge' West Cobgate Weston PE12 6JF
Received 19 Jan 2009Pinder Lodge 106 West Drove North Gedney Hill Spalding Lincs PE12 0NT
Received 25 Jun 2002Roman Road Moulton Chapel
Received 11 Jul 2005The Burrells Land South of Milestone Lane Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3XR
Received 9 Apr 2025Stephenson Avenue Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3SW
Received 12 Sept 200330 ASHBY GARDENS MOULTON SPALDING PE12 6QR
Received 20 Jan 2021Land off Roman Bank Spalding
Received 19 May 2022Dove Hirne Farm Bourne Road West Pinchbeck PE11 3NQ
Received 25 Jun 2008Horseshoe Farm, Horseshoe Road Spalding Lincs
Received 18 Jan 1996Ferrensby Washway Road Saracens Head
Received 1 Jul 2004SHRUBBERY FARM MAIN ROAD DEEPING ST NICHOLAS SPALDING PE11 3DJ
Received 10 Jul 2020Cowbit Road Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Apr 199316 Station Road Gedney Hill Spalding Lincs
Received 9 Sept 20095 New Road Spalding Lincs PE11 1BS
Received 2 Jan 199615 MEADWAY SPALDING PE11 3LQ
Received 28 May 2021Beech House 20 Gosberton Road Surfleet Spalding PE11 4AB
Received 27 Sept 202142 Cley Hall Drive Spalding
Received 19 Sept 2007Shire Cottage Black Barn Gedney Marsh
Received 25 Oct 2002Hockley House Hockney Hole Lane Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 5 Mar 1992Lincoln Co-operative Society Boston Road Holbeach Spalding
Received 2 Oct 19977 Bridge Road Little Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9EG
Received 17 Mar 2006Falconers Rest Jekils Bank Moulton Eaugate Spalding PE12 0SX
Received 11 May 202087 Chapel Gate Sutton St James Spalding PE12 0EF
Received 27 Jun 2022Willow Tea Rooms Old Main Road Fleet Hargate Spalding
Received 6 May 2011Records 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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