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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37,485 approved · 4,542 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Brooklands Ryefield Lane Holbeach Fen Spalding, Lincs PE12 8PS
Received 28 Jun 20041 Dawsmere Bank Gedney Dawsmere Spalding Lincs
Received 29 Jan 1996Water Lane Nurseries Ltd Low Road Spalding Lincs PE12 6EF
Received 23 May 2012Adj. to 30A Milestone Lane Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 19 May 1995DUNNS SEEDS LTD PHOENIX LODGE WINTERS LANE LONG SUTTON PE12 9BE
Received 17 Feb 201598 High Street Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4NA
Received 30 Jan 2012New River Gate Holbeach Drove Spalding PE12 0NY
Received 3 Oct 2012Spalding Energy Expansion Limited West Marsh Road SPALDING PE11 2BB
Received 18 Aug 2017Winterdale East Road Tydd Gote Cambs. PE13 5QF
Received 6 Mar 200355 MALTING LANE DONINGTON SPALDING PE11 4XA
Received 6 Jun 201444 Double Street Spalding Lincs PE11 2AB
Received 8 Aug 2013Chopdyke Drove Gosberton Clough Spalding Lincs
Received 2 Feb 1995Hollie House 54 Austendyke Road Weston Hills PE12 6BX
Received 9 May 200772 Station Road Surfleet Spalding PE11 4DB
Received 19 Dec 201918 High Street Donington Spalding PE11 4TA
Received 17 Jan 2022NORVALE 1 FISHERGATE SUTTON ST JAMES SPALDING PE12 0EN
Received 25 Apr 2016The Cottage, Acre Hill Holbeach Drove Spalding Lincs
Received 16 Mar 199847 St Thomas Road Spalding Lincs PE11 2XT
Received 22 Feb 2002Lime Walk Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 14 May 1993off Mole Drove Gedney Hill Spalding Lincs PE12 0PA
Received 10 May 2010ST PAULS FRONT ROAD TYDD ST MARY SPALDING PE13 5RF
Received 18 Aug 2017Puddingpoke Lane Lutton
Received 29 Oct 2002Land adjacent 47 High Street Donington
Received 13 Feb 2001Brenchley House and Fenland House 39-43 Market Place Long Sutton
Received 22 Jan 2004Records 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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