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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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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.
APRIL RISE BOSTON ROAD GOSBERTON SPALDING PE11 4NR
Received 11 Feb 20227 Benner Road Spalding Lincs
Received 21 Sept 200054 Barrier Bank Cowbit Spalding Lincs PE12 6AQ
Received 18 Aug 2010Plot at Beechfield Gardens Spalding Lincs PE11 1UN
Received 25 May 2011Unit D2 Winfrey Avenue Spalding
Received 21 Jan 200518 Baxter Gardens Spalding Lincs PE11 3YL
Received 26 Jul 1993Off Blazegate Gedney Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Sept 1996Hampsons Ltd Bervor Close Wardentree Lane Spalding PE11 3UG
Received 9 Aug 201684 Little London Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9LF
Received 13 Aug 2024SPALDING ACADEMY SCHOOL NEVILLE AVENUE SPALDING PE11 2EJ
Received 8 Aug 202519 Sluice Road Holbeach St Marks Spalding Lincs
Received 7 Mar 1995Land north of Bridge Road Sutton Bridge
Received 5 Nov 200313 East Street Crowland Peterborough PE6 0EN
Received 24 Dec 1998Sydenham House 33 Roman Bank Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9LA
Received 5 May 200636 WINDSOR DRIVE SPALDING PE11 2RP
Received 1 Sept 2022Lloyds TSB Hall Place Spalding
Received 20 Jun 2006Decoy Farm Postland Crowland Peterborough
Received 31 Jul 1992Holly House Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 4 May 1994Carisford House 66 St Thomas's Road Spalding
Received 15 Aug 2003SHOP 102 BARRIER BANK COWBIT SPALDING PE12 6AQ
Received 16 Apr 2019Washway Road Saracens Head Spalding PE12 8AL
Received 11 Feb 202234 Lancaster Drive Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 10 Jun 2002MIDDLE MARSH FARM MIDDLE MARSH ROAD HOLBEACH ST MARKS SPALDING PE12 8DU
Received 12 Dec 2014Three Acres (Wild Acre) Baulkins Drove Sutton St James Spalding
Received 6 Jun 2014Records 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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