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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aberdale Aberdale Nursery Burr Lane Spalding PE12 6AZ
Received 8 Jan 2021The Poplars North Road Gedney Hill
Received 19 Sept 2007Ravens Gate, Fleet Fen Spalding Lincs
Received 7 Oct 1996Tears Recovery Gosberton Road Surfleet
Received 14 May 200726 Lancaster Drive Long Sutton
Received 18 Mar 2002Land to the North of Witham Road Wygate Park Spalding PE11 3QE
Received 12 Jul 2019Land off Kemp Street Crowland PE6 0HE
Received 16 May 2001RABBIT HILLS FARM MILL LANE BICKER BOSTON PE20 3AD
Received 16 Aug 2021Holmlea Glenside South Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3SA
Received 14 Jun 20022 Farmers Gate Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7NT
Received 21 Mar 20019 OAK SQUARE CROWLAND PE6 0DX
Received 12 Feb 2018Off Park Lane Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9DH
Received 28 Jun 2019Fleet Road Fleet Spalding
Received 21 Feb 2022Tomkins Lowgate Tydd St Mary Spalding PE13 5QP
Received 29 Jul 202023 Exeter Drive Spalding Lincs PE11 2DY
Received 24 Feb 2010Land off Damgate Holbeach Spalding PE12 8PB
Received 21 Jun 2024Adj Depot, King John Bank Walpole St Andrew Spalding Lincs
Received 15 Dec 1998122 Pinchbeck Road Spalding Lincs
Received 12 Dec 1991Whispers Cottage Church Lane Tydd St Mary Wisbech Cambs PE13 5QJ
Received 29 May 20092 The Beeches Beechfield Gardens Spalding PE11 1UE
Received 9 Jul 2025Land at The Sidings Moulton Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 10 Oct 2000George Farmer Secondary School Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 17 Dec 1998Plots 1-7 Washway Road Saracens Head Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 15 May 1998Milestone Nurseries Herdgate Lane Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3UP
Received 1 Sept 2026Records 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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