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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Land off A16 Spalding By-Pass, Cowbit Road Junction, Spalding Lincs
Received 3 Feb 1997210 NEW ROAD SUTTON BRIDGE SPALDING PE12 9QE
Received 15 Apr 2014THE OLD SHIP INN BECK BANK GOSBERTON CLOUGH SPALDING PE11 4JL
Received 5 Nov 201575 High Street Gosberton
Received 6 Aug 2003Pinchbeck East C of E Primary School Fennell Road Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3RP
Received 22 Jul 2015The Barn Northgate Pinchbeck
Received 30 Nov 200747 London Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9ED
Received 16 Dec 201095 PILGRIMS WAY SPALDING PE11 1LU
Received 18 Aug 201510 Hatt Close Moulton Spalding Lincs PE12 6PY
Received 6 Jan 2003Wagtail House The Raceground Spalding PE11 3AP
Received 30 Jan 20124 High Street Spalding Lincs PE11 1TW
Received 29 May 20091 Rutland Close Spalding Lincs PE11 1UY
Received 3 Mar 20052 St Pauls Road Spalding Lincs
Received 21 Jul 1995The Station House, Broadgate Weston Spalding Lincs
Received 9 Jul 1997Bridge Lodge 2 High Road Weston
Received 24 Jul 200811 CAMPBELLS CLOSE SPALDING PE11 2UH
Received 20 Jun 2024Land off Gore Lane, Spalding
Received 4 Mar 1993Wharf Street Sutton Bridge
Received 27 Feb 200419A Fen End Lane Spalding Lincs
Received 23 May 1994Plot 4 Land South of Highstock Lane Gedney Hill Spalding PE12 0QG
Received 13 Jan 2021Patchett Lodge Arthurs Avenue/Stukeley Road Holbeach Spalding PE12 7LJ
Received 9 Jan 2023141 Small Drove Lane Weston Spalding Lincs PE12 6HU
Received 19 Apr 2004Riverside Quay Double Street Spalding
Received 15 Apr 2002The Swan 13 High Street Moulton Spalding Lincs PE12 6QB
Received 28 Jan 2005Records 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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