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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Lutton Bank Lutton Spalding
Received 23 Mar 1994357 Broadgate Weston Hills Spalding Lincs
Received 21 Nov 1997Land north Vernatts Drain Spalding Road Pinchbeck
Received 4 Dec 20062 Hoddins Way Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9JB
Received 16 Aug 2010PICARDY LUTTON BANK LUTTON SPALDING PE12 9LL
Received 26 Jun 2023Millfield Gardens Crowland PE6 0HA
Received 4 Mar 201337D New Road Spalding Lincs PE11 1DW
Received 12 Apr 200745, 48 & Long's Warehouse Double Street Spalding Lincs
Received 8 Jul 1993Charlton House Goochgate Sutton St James Spalding PE12 0HF
Received 9 Sept 2016Plots 6 to 118 Foxes Low Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 8 Apr 1999Maze In Maize Eastgate Whaplode Spalding PE12 6TZ
Received 29 May 20124 Church Site Joys Bank Holbeach St Johns Spalding Lincs
Received 20 Oct 19959 Cambridge Gardens Gosberton Spalding Lincs
Received 5 Jun 2002Nene Lodge East Bank Wingland Sutton Bridge
Received 14 Jun 20053 GREEN LANE SPALDING PE11 2YB
Received 3 Jul 2026Fengate Moulton Chapel Spalding Lincs
Received 4 Dec 20001 East Street Crowland PE6 0EN
Received 21 Jan 2003Land at Woodgate Road Moulton Chapel Spalding PE12 0XF
Received 7 Jun 2016CLOOT HOUSE CLOOT DROVE CROWLAND SPALDING PE6 0JL
Received 30 Sept 202014 Market Place Spalding PE11 1SL
Received 30 May 2022Land to North West of Harrington Drive Crowland
Received 14 Feb 2022Alicern Cottage Northgate West Pinchbeck
Received 6 Aug 200737 and 39 Broadgate Whaplode Drove
Received 14 Oct 20045 Garners Lane Wingland Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs PE12 9YP
Received 2 Nov 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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