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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37,490 approved · 4,543 refused · 1,375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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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.
Former Allotments James Road Crowland
Received 7 Oct 2021Dwelling adjacent to Whaplode House Stockwell Gate Whapode Spalding PE12 6UE
Received 14 Nov 2011Adjacent 204 High Road Weston Spalding PE12 6JU
Received 11 Apr 201312 HOLBEACH HOUSE ORCHARD PARK HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7BP
Received 6 Feb 2018Blazegate Boarding Kennels Cattery Blazegate Lutton
Received 1 Jun 2005Land at 37 Barrington Gate Holbeach Spalding Lincs
Received 25 Oct 20107 Saddlers Way Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 23 May 2007Rear of Suffolk House Fleet
Received 27 Mar 2002Springfields Restaurant Camel Gate Spalding Lincs
Received 20 Apr 1999SPALDING ACADEMY SCHOOL NEVILLE AVENUE SPALDING PE11 2EJ
Received 27 Apr 20219 Poachers Gate Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 7 May 2002New Amsterdam Chesboule Lane Gosberton Risegate Spalding Lincs PE11 4EU
Received 18 Dec 200933 The Crescent Spalding
Received 2 Dec 2008PIPWELL MANOR WASHWAY ROAD SARACENS HEAD SPALDING PE12 8AY
Received 5 Jul 2023BRIDGE INN CARAVAN PARK BRIDGE INN COMMON DROVE CROWLAND PE6 0HJ
Received 19 Dec 2023114 Roman Bank Spalding PE11 2HR
Received 27 Sept 2013THE CHALET SARAHGATE LANE QUADRING SPALDING PE11 4QE
Received 13 Oct 2025Rectory Farm Cottage Bourne Road Guthram Bourne Lincs PE10 0BD
Received 19 Apr 2010Sarahgate Nursery Sarahgate Quadring Spalding Lincs
Received 10 Oct 1991Wisbech Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 14 Jul 1993The Yews Long Lane Fleet Fen Spalding PE12 0PP
Received 1 Jun 2012SQUIRREL BARN 3 THOMAS DE MOULTON WAY HOLBEACH SPALDING PE12 7BW
Received 9 Mar 20214 ROMAN BANK LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9LA
Received 29 Sept 202636 Market Street Long Sutton Spalding PE12 9DF
Received 1 Sept 2026Records 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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