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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Post Office Hurn Bank Holbeach Hurn Spalding Lincs PE12 8JG
Received 3 Mar 20059 Cathedral Drive Spalding Lincs
Received 27 Feb 1995CROSSGATE FARM HOUSE 58 QUADRING ROAD DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4SH
Received 7 Mar 2024The Conifers 84 North Road Gedney Hill Spalding PE12 0NS
Received 1 Feb 2023Roman Bank Moulton Seas End Spalding
Received 22 Oct 1991Coronation House, Dowsdale Whaplode Drove Spalding Lincs
Received 29 Apr 1996SUTTON ST JAMES INDOOR BOWLING CENTRE FISHERGATE SUTTON ST JAMES SPALDING PE12 0EN
Received 4 Jul 2014210 Spalding Road Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3PB
Received 5 Jun 200734 Fen Road Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 8QA
Received 18 Aug 2006The Hollies 60 Northons Lane Holbeach, Spalding Lincs, PE12 9PZ
Received 23 Dec 1991IMPALLARCOM HOUSE STONEGATE GEDNEY SPALDING PE12 0BY
Received 1 May 2020WHITE HAVEN GLENSIDE SOUTH PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3SA
Received 4 Dec 2018Land at Springfields Gardens Camel Gate Spalding
Received 26 Mar 2002The Willows Sutton Road Sutton St James
Received 10 Feb 2005GEDNEY HILL C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL NORTH ROAD GEDNEY HILL SPALDING PE12 0NL
Received 6 Aug 2018'Orana', Clay Lake Spalding Lincs
Received 12 Dec 1996Pumping Station Mill Drove South Cowbit Spalding PE12 6FS
Received 29 Jan 2024The Old Vicarage Cobgate Whaplode Spalding Lincs PE12 6TD
Received 1 Jun 1992Riseholme Lodge Charters Lane Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9JX
Received 23 Jan 2006Abbeygate Retirement Home High Street Moulton Spalding, Lincs
Received 19 May 19995 Little London Spalding Lincs PE11 2UB
Received 16 Nov 2006Lutton House 1 Lowgate Lutton Spalding PE12 9HP
Received 21 Oct 20107 Cley Hall Gardens Spalding Lincs PE11 2EA
Received 18 May 2005Branches Lane and Hazelwood Lane Fleet
Received 14 Feb 2006Records 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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