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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Godfrey Avenue Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4HF
Received 5 Jul 2005Shivean Gate Moulton Spalding
Received 28 Feb 2001Land North of 291 Broadgate Road Sutton St Edmund Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 0LR
Received 1 Dec 2025Co-op Travel 17 Hall Place Spalding Lincs PE11 1SA
Received 11 Mar 201610 CHURCH STREET HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7LL
Received 21 Aug 2014Yew Tree Farm New Road Quadring Eaudyke Spalding PE11 4QB
Received 10 Aug 2017Springfields Outlet Centre (off A16) Camel Gate Spalding PE12 6EU
Received 17 Apr 2018Dozens Bank Pode Hole Spalding Lincs
Received 20 Dec 1994Risegate Eau Road Gosberton Clough Spalding Lincs
Received 25 Mar 19933 EAST STREET CROWLAND SPALDING PETERBOROUGH PE6 0EN
Received 29 Nov 2018Land off Fen Road Holbeach Spalding PE12 8QA
Received 28 Nov 2022The Packing Shed Glenside South Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3SA
Received 14 Mar 2016Land adj. Willow House Church End Gedney Spalding, Lincs
Received 3 Feb 1999Off Pipwell Gate Moulton Seas End Spalding PE12 6LU
Received 16 Jan 2018Wignals Gate Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 10 Jun 1994Building Plot Church Lane Moulton Spalding
Received 14 Nov 2013Hoddins Way Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9JB
Received 30 Nov 20111 Broad Lane Moulton Spalding Lincs PE12 6PN
Received 8 Nov 20066 Church Lane Donington Spalding Lincs
Received 9 Mar 2001Land to the East of Balmoral Way Holbeach Spalding PE12 7FG
Received 21 Feb 2023Boots 27 to 29 High Street Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7DY
Received 20 Jul 20098 Lime Walk Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9HG
Received 12 Oct 2005Masonic Hall Pinchbeck Road Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Jul 2009Six House Bank West Pinchbeck Spalding
Received 11 May 1993Records 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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