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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
'Trevethoe House' Lapwater Lane Holbeach St Marks PE12 8EX
Received 17 Feb 2009Hallgate Holbeach
Received 7 Mar 2008Adjacent 84 Roman Bank Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9LB
Received 9 Dec 2014St Pauls Vicarage 65 Holbeach Road Spalding
Received 27 May 2011West Drove South Gedney Hill Spalding PE12 0PN
Received 22 Jun 2020Tretton Manor Farm Tydd St Giles Wisbech Cambs
Received 25 Mar 1999Park Farm Clay Drove West Pinchbeck
Received 2 Mar 2007Trees along Moulton River Off Church Lane Moulton Spalding
Received 1 May 2012Plot 2 Backgate Barrier Bank Cowbit Spalding Lincs
Received 8 Jun 20092 East Street Crowland PE6 0EN
Received 14 Jul 2022Halcyon House Jarvis Gate Sutton St James
Received 12 Sept 2006Punch Bowl Public House New Road Spalding
Received 29 Oct 2004The Cemetery Bell Lane Moulton Spalding Lincs
Received 2 May 2001100/102 Bridge Road Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs
Received 26 Feb 1993J B Robinson & Son Ltd North Drove Quadring Fen Spalding PE11 4QS
Received 1 Apr 2022Adj. 44 Chappell Road Deeping St Nicholas Spalding PE11 3ER
Received 18 Dec 2023Station Yard Littleworth Road Deeping St Nicholas Spalding PE11 3DF
Received 27 Apr 201259 Town Drove Quadring Spalding Lincs PE11 4QL
Received 3 Sept 2003WHAPLODE MARSH FARM WASHWAY ROAD HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 8AZ
Received 1 Aug 2022Ashleys Barn Plank Drove Crowland PE6 0BY
Received 14 Feb 2006Cinder Ash Playfield off Park Road Long Sutton Spalding, Lincs
Received 2 Nov 19923 Godfrey Avenue Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4HF
Received 1 Nov 1996Warblers Nest Iron Bar Drove Spalding Lincs PE11 3YJ
Received 5 Jun 201335A LONDON ROAD SPALDING PE11 2TE
Received 29 Mar 2021Records 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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