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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37,490 approved · 4,543 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Boston Road Holbeach Spalding
Received 27 Oct 1992Lowfields Nurseries Fulney Drove Spalding Lincolnshire
Received 17 Mar 1999Fen House Farm Bungalow Broadgate Gedney Spalding PE12 0DG
Received 18 Dec 2025Plots 1 and 3 Northorpe Road Donington Spalding Lincs
Received 2 Mar 1999Land at Highstock Lane Gedney Hill Spalding PE12 0QQ
Received 5 May 2021Cowpers Lane Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 3 Jul 199742 Church Street Donington Spalding
Received 23 Nov 2012Sutton Gate Sutton St James
Received 22 Aug 1994South Holland Community Hospital Spalding Road Pinchbeck
Received 5 Dec 200852 STATION ROAD SURFLEET SPALDING PE11 4DA
Received 4 Mar 201519 WEST STREET CROWLAND PETERBOROUGH PE6 0EE
Received 1 Sept 2020Eagle House Millgate Whaplode
Received 18 Jun 2003Villa Farm Lutton Garnsgate Long Sutton Spalding, Lincs
Received 24 Mar 1999Co-operative Late Shop 6 Market Place Donington
Received 9 Aug 2006Brunel Road off Wardentree Lane Pinchbeck
Received 13 Dec 2007Flats 21b and 21d Priory Road Spalding PE11 2XF
Received 18 Jun 20122/3 Cresswell Close Wardentree Lane Pinchbeck, Spalding Lincolnshire. PE11 3TY
Received 17 Mar 1999East Reach Farm Hop Pole Deeping St Nicholas
Received 27 Jun 2003Land off Old Main Road Fleet Hargate Spalding Lincolnshire PE12 8LJ
Received 11 Feb 2025Adj. 37 Northorpe Road Donington Spalding PE11 4XU
Received 28 Mar 2024Marsh Road Holbeach Hurn Spalding Lincs
Received 22 May 1992Pumping Station Mill Drove South Cowbit Spalding PE12 6FS
Received 31 May 2023Baulkins Drove Sutton St James PE12 0JU
Received 5 Nov 2007Harrox House 3 High Street Moulton Spalding Lincs
Received 14 Oct 1998Records 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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