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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
37,490 approved · 4,543 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Northorpe Farm Northorpe Road Donington
Received 8 Aug 2005Land adjacent 21 Bridge Road Long Sutton
Received 12 May 2008Grange Farm 8 to 9 Hospital Road Wingland Sutton Bridge
Received 13 Mar 2013The Old Rectory Rectory Road Tydd St Mary PE13 5QL
Received 21 Oct 2011TWEENUS 17 COBGATE WHAPLODE SPALDING PE12 6TD
Received 28 Apr 2021Adj. 9 Stowgate Deeping St James Peterborough
Received 27 Aug 1997Pt. O.S. 8411, Broadgate Weston Hills Spalding Lincs
Received 12 Jul 1994Welland Hall London Road Spalding Lincs
Received 17 May 19936 Barbers Drove Crowland Peterborough Cambs PE6 0BE
Received 31 Aug 2006Sycamore Farm Holbeach Road Spalding Lincs PE12 6JP
Received 22 Jul 2010Land adjacent 31 High Street Gosberton
Received 26 Mar 2003Land off Station Road Surfleet Spalding
Received 14 Mar 2024Clough Road Holbeach Clough Spalding Lincs
Received 28 Aug 1997132 Bridge Road Sutton Bridge Spalding Lincs
Received 2 May 2013Hurnfield Nursery Hurn Bank Holbeach Hurn Spalding PE12 8JG
Received 16 Sept 2011Plot 3, Wignals Gate Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 3 May 1995Gleed Avenue & Park Lane Donington Spalding
Received 25 Nov 199493 Starlode Drove West Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs PE11 3TD
Received 24 Dec 201927 Hatt Close Moulton Spalding Lincs
Received 19 Apr 1995482 Broadgate Weston Hills Spalding Lincs PE12 6DA
Received 12 Jun 2000Holbeach Agricultural Centre Penny Hill Lane Holbeach
Received 15 Apr 2004Shop And Premises 42A Knight Street Pinchbeck Spalding PE11 3RB
Received 29 May 2026Barge Close rear 76 Commercial Road Spalding PE11 2YT
Received 4 Mar 2005Wrights Mews 12A Park Road Holbeach
Received 9 Mar 2010Records 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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