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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tinkers Cross Broad Lane Moulton
Received 1 Nov 2006MAPLE TREE FARM LUTTON GARNSGATE LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9JP
Received 19 Feb 2016THE BIRCHES 79 WATER GATE QUADRING SPALDING PE11 4PY
Received 16 Jan 20189 MILLFIELD GARDENS CROWLAND PETERBOROUGH PE6 0HA
Received 4 May 2021NORTHFIELDS OLD FENDYKE SUTTON ST JAMES SPALDING PE12 0HE
Received 19 Jul 202437 Station Road Surfleet Spalding Lincs
Received 15 Feb 1996Vine House Farm Worths Farm Porters Farm Deeping St Nicholas
Received 3 Feb 2006Ashley Cottage Dowsdale Crowland Peterborough PE6 0NF
Received 7 Oct 1998Peartree House Annex The Common Whaplode Drove Spalding Lincs PE12 0HD
Received 13 Sept 2018Sycamore Lodge Jiggles Gate Gedney Spalding PE12 8SY
Received 12 Nov 202535 High Street Moulton Spalding Lincs
Received 20 Feb 2003Bluebell Cottage Sarahgate Lane Quadring Spalding PE11 4QE
Received 8 Sept 2017West Marsh Road Spalding Lincs PE11 2BB
Received 13 Oct 1998Land West of Malting Road Donington Spalding
Received 4 Nov 2022Washway House Farm Washway Road Holbeach Spalding
Received 8 Feb 1999P J H Cash Carry Engine Dyke Gedney Dyke
Received 24 Apr 2006Adj. 8 Church Lane Tydd St Mary Wisbech
Received 12 Jun 2001Oak Lodge Fleet Coy Gedney Hill Spalding
Received 2 Mar 19939 Saddlers Way Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9EU
Received 12 Jul 2013Bungalow at Windmill Lane Garage, Windmill Lane Gosberton Risegate Spalding
Received 4 Jun 1997Land adjacent 35A Spring Gardens Spalding Lincs PE11 2XL
Received 4 Feb 201138 Market Place Long Sutton Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 27 Oct 19982 & 2a Victoria Street Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 27 Sept 20002 Park Close Gosberton Spalding PE11 4FA
Received 7 Nov 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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