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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
39 High Street Donington Spalding Lincs
Received 8 Oct 1999Reeds Yard Rear of 10 North Street Crowland Peterborough Cambs PE6 0EF
Received 17 Nov 20008 NEW ROAD SUTTON BRIDGE SPALDING PE12 9RA
Received 14 Jul 20218 Chapel Gate Sutton St James Spalding Lincs
Received 9 Aug 1996Ivy Cottage Jekils Bank Holbeach St John
Received 7 Feb 20082 QUADRING ROAD DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4TB
Received 19 May 2015Premier International Foods Bridge Road Long Sutton
Received 8 Jul 2002Land Off Hallgate Fen Road Holbeach
Received 12 Jul 2019Plot 49 Woodrow Place Pennygate Spalding
Received 27 Mar 200721 Osier Road Spalding Lincs PE11 1UU
Received 6 Dec 2005Swapcoat Lane Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 30 Nov 1998Les Charretiers Hurdletree Bank Whaplode Fen Spalding Lincs PE12 6SA
Received 25 Mar 2002The Parsonage Halmergate Spalding
Received 8 Dec 2005Cecil Francis Ltd Bear Lane Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3XA
Received 2 Jun 2025CAFE 4 HODDINS WAY LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9JB
Received 18 May 2015Camel Gate Spalding Lincs
Received 12 Jan 1998WEST VIEW FARM WEST VIEW 475 BROADGATE WESTON HILLS PE12 6DB
Received 22 May 201914 London Road Spalding
Received 25 Jun 2004Shepherds Farm Wykeham Spalding
Received 4 Mar 2003Land north of Roman Road Moulton Chapel Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 0XA
Received 10 Oct 202269 High Street Gosberton
Received 27 Oct 2008St Thomas's Road Spalding Lincs
Received 21 Oct 19997 Market Place incorporating 18-19 Bridge Street and 1 Market Place Spalding
Received 17 Jan 2003HOMEFIELDS JARVIS GATE SUTTON ST JAMES SPALDING PE12 0ER
Received 28 Apr 2016Records 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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