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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 STATION ROAD TYDD GOTE WISBECH PE13 5RD
Received 7 Oct 2014Land Barrier Bank Cowbit Road Spalding
Received 1 Sept 2006Land rear The Laurels 30 Seas End Road Moulton Seas End
Received 15 Aug 2006Springfields Nursery Camelgate Spalding Lincs
Received 3 Jan 2001The Coach House Halmer Gate Spalding
Received 6 Aug 2004Redmile Lane Pinchbeck
Received 24 May 2005Spalding Railway Station Winsover Road Spalding Lincs PE11 1EA
Received 1 Oct 2009The Poplars Herdgate Lane Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 22 Aug 2000DECOY FARM SPALDING ROAD CROWLAND PETERBOROUGH PE6 0LX
Received 11 Jan 2023The Chestnuts Hurn Road Holbeach Hurn Spalding
Received 6 Jun 2012Ayscoughfee Hall Church Gate Spalding PE11 2RA
Received 4 Oct 2018Land adj 26 Stonegate Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 2PH
Received 3 Nov 2025Roman Lodge Mill Lane Tydd St Mary
Received 17 Sept 2008Heron Cottage, Frostley Gate Holbeach Fen Spalding Lincs
Received 4 Dec 19968 Albert Street Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7DN
Received 5 Sept 2012Off Haverfield Road Spalding Lincs
Received 12 May 199380 Bridge Road Sutton Bridge
Received 3 Jan 2008Land adjacent: 44 Bridge Road Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9EF
Received 13 May 2019Bridge Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 6 Apr 2006Fenlands Cottage Fen Dike Clarks Hill Gedney PE12 0DQ
Received 21 Aug 202323 LINCOLNS AVENUE GEDNEY HILL SPALDING PE12 0PQ
Received 26 Feb 2026Rear of 6 Commercial Road Spalding Lincs
Received 23 Apr 199715 Red Lion Street Spalding Lincs
Received 30 Jun 199822 Lindum Way Donington Spalding Lincs PE11 4TX
Received 27 Oct 2003Records 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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