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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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: 9 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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NORTHCOTE MILL GREEN ROAD PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3PU
Received 14 Jan 2025Land off Mill Lane and High Street Donington Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 5 Nov 1999BOUNDARY HOUSE MAIN ROAD DEEPING ST NICHOLAS SPALDING PE11 3DL
Received 7 Aug 202395 Spalding Road Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 5 Dec 2001Land adj Miki-Lea Manor Oxcroft Bank Moulton Chapel Spalding PE12 0XT
Received 28 Feb 2023Old Rectory Church Street Holbeach
Received 28 Sept 2004Green Acres Park Ropers Gate Gedney Spalding PE12 0GA
Received 12 Aug 2025Southfields, Dozens Bank West Pinchbeck PE11 3ND
Received 7 Jan 2009Kirkgate Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 27 Nov 1997Roman House Washway Road Saracens Head
Received 29 Jun 200780 Roman Road Moulton Chapel Spalding Lincs
Received 25 Jun 2004Long Sutton Registry Office Trafalgar Square Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9HB
Received 17 Feb 2026Hurdletree House Strongs Bank Holbeach Fen
Received 17 Jan 2003Unit 4 Wardentree Lane Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3UF
Received 11 Nov 2019DUNTREATH CACKLE HILL LANE HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 8BS
Received 3 Mar 2016Trial Fields North: Wardentree Lane Spalding
Received 28 May 2004Harvest Home Farm 184 High Road Moulton Spalding PE12 6NU
Received 16 May 20195 Rose Lane Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs, PE11 3RN
Received 4 Jan 1995Land to the west of Langary Gate Road Fleet Coy Spalding PE12 0RU
Received 27 Jul 2025Elm Tree Farm Mill Drove Weston Hills PE12 6AS
Received 29 Jan 200922 SIX HOUSE BANK WEST PINCHBECK SPALDING PE11 3QG
Received 17 Nov 2016Park Lane Surfleet
Received 27 Sept 2004Lilac House Fen Gate Moulton Chapel Spalding
Received 16 May 2012Copelade Lodge Little Lane Whaplode Spalding PE12 6RU
Received 17 Jul 2018Records 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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