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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
37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Roman Bank Lutton Gowt Spalding Lincs
Received 6 Sept 199920 Stockhouse Lane Surfleet Spalding
Received 1 Sept 1993Zion House Broadgate Sutton St James Spalding PE12 0HD
Received 20 Dec 20191 Woad Lane Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9LD
Received 4 Mar 1996Monkshouse CP School Monks House Lane Spalding Lincs
Received 11 Jan 199432 Hillgate Gedney Hill Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 0NN
Received 12 Nov 202470 Roman Bank Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9LB
Received 7 Dec 2004Plot at Washway Road Adj. to Battlefields Lane junction Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 28 Jun 199942 WYGATE ROAD SPALDING PE11 1NT
Received 25 Jul 2016The Sycamores Double Street Spalding Lincs
Received 14 Dec 2000Plots 81-166, Phase 3 Part 4, Off Broadway Holland Park Spalding
Received 24 Aug 20015 WINDSOR GARDENS LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9DY
Received 17 Sept 2024Adj 12 Bow Gate Gosberton Spalding PE11 4ND
Received 4 Oct 2023Tilney Fields Broadgate Sutton St James Spalding
Received 11 Jun 1998Rutland Cottage, Millgate Whaplode St Catherine Spalding Lincs
Received 27 Jun 1995Moulton Chapel Road Cowbit Spalding PE12 0XD
Received 6 Apr 1992Rear of 45 Delph Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 9BX
Received 20 Jul 2023Nursery Fresh Plants Keston Nurseries Mill Green Road Pinchbeck
Received 22 Oct 20079 West Street Crowland Peterborough PE6 0EE
Received 2 Aug 19943 Red Lion Street Spalding Lincs. PE11 1SX
Received 8 Jun 200423 London Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 23 Feb 2007244 Pennygate Spalding Lincs PE11 1LN
Received 21 Jun 2005Poaka Whanga Little Common Lane Holbeach Clough
Received 15 Jul 2004Blazegate Lutton
Received 30 Jun 2004Records 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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