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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land between Spalding Road (A16) and Enterprise Way Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Nov 199212 ROMAN ROAD MOULTON CHAPEL SPALDING PE12 0XA
Received 19 Jul 2018Land at Cuckoo Farm Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Mar 1991CROWN AND WOOLPACK RESTAURANT 9 HIGH STREET LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9DB
Received 25 Jul 20189 HIGHFIELD ROAD DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4TS
Received 22 Oct 2019155 WOOLRAM WYGATE SPALDING PE11 3PA
Received 23 Jun 2014Kingsgate (OS No.s 6196 & Pt 7000) Gedney Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 7 Dec 1999Cassini Lodge 58 Seas End Road Moulton Seas End Spalding PE12 6LD
Received 23 Feb 2021222 Broadgate Weston Hills
Received 7 Aug 2003Enderby Barns Leaves Lake Drove West Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3QJ
Received 14 Jul 2020The Barn Stonegate Road Weston Spalding PE12 6JD
Received 21 Nov 2014Baytree Nursery Garden Centre High Road Weston
Received 6 Aug 2007ELLOE MAGISTRATES COURT SESSIONS HOUSE SHEEP MARKET SPALDING PE11 1BB
Received 14 Jan 20147 Winsover Road Spalding
Received 9 Jan 2003Braemar Mill Lane Whaplode Spalding Lincs PE12 6TS
Received 13 Sept 19933 Albion Street Spalding PE11 2AJ
Received 31 May 2006Nunnerley House Farm Leaveslake Drove West Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3QJ
Received 17 Sept 2025Cowbit Road Spalding
Received 27 Aug 19923 Holbeach Road Spalding PE11 2HJ
Received 17 Apr 2026Whaplode Methodist Chapel High Road Whaplode
Received 15 Jan 2003Manor Farm Fen Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 8QA
Received 5 Apr 2017Dragon Pearl Restaurant St Johns Street Holbeach Spalding
Received 13 Mar 1997Safeway Development Site The Holland Markets Swan Street Spalding Lincs
Received 25 May 1995Land located to the east of West Marsh Road Spalding
Received 12 Dec 2002Records 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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