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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Oaks 251 Broadgate Road Sutton St Edmund Spalding PE12 0LT
Received 2 Jun 2016Broadgate Road Sutton St Edmunds Spalding Lincs
Received 13 Dec 19954 Gedney Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 31 Aug 199418 WEST PARADE SPALDING PE11 1HD
Received 11 Jun 201810 Sorrel Drive Spalding Lincs PE11 3GN
Received 30 Apr 200134 Church Street Donington Spalding Lincs
Received 14 Jan 2009Romany House Clay Lake Spalding PE12 6BL
Received 7 Aug 201718 Barnes Road Donington Spalding PE11 4UW
Received 16 Dec 2016Crossways Farm Hurdletree Bank Whaplode
Received 12 Sept 2007Land at former Halmer Grange Spalding PE11 2DX
Received 26 Aug 2025Land rear 44 Queens Road Spalding
Received 12 Sept 2006175 Stockhouse Lane Surfleet Spalding Lincs
Received 7 Mar 200285 Broadgate Whaplode Drove Spalding Lincs PE12 0TN
Received 8 Nov 2011MAYJON 71 BROADGATE ROAD SUTTON ST EDMUND SPALDING PE12 0LT
Received 4 Dec 201431 Mill Marsh Road Moulton Seas End Spalding Lincs PE12 6LR
Received 20 Oct 2003Ropers Bridge Garage High Road Whaplode Spalding
Received 19 Jun 1997Sycamore Cottage West Pinchbeck Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 26 May 1998WESTBOURNE LODGE 13 COWBIT ROAD SPALDING PE11 2RD
Received 25 Feb 2026Monmouth Lane Lutton Gowts Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 9LH
Received 22 May 2024Plots between 357-363 Broadgate Weston Hills Spalding
Received 17 Jan 202415 Pilgrims Way Spalding Lincs PE11 1LJ
Received 20 Jul 200020A Spring Gardens Spalding Lincs PE11 2XT
Received 11 Feb 2013THE BUNGALOW WOODHOUSE LANE MOULTON SEAS END SPALDING PE12 6JY
Received 1 Jun 2015Adjacent: 5 Stone Gate Cowbit Spalding PE12 6AH
Received 16 Jan 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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