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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
37,661 approved · 4,565 refused · 1,379 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Jolly Farmer Public House 28 Roman Road Moulton Chapel Spalding
Received 22 Apr 199718 Hocklesgate Fleet Spalding Lincs PE12 8NF
Received 28 Sept 2009Between 2 and 14 Church Street Donington Spalding Lincs PE11 4UA
Received 8 Sept 2011The Red House High Street Gosberton
Received 27 Apr 2007GARNSGATE HALL LUTTON GARNSGATE LONG SUTTON SPALDING PE12 9JP
Received 9 Sept 2022Sutton Bridge B Adjacent to Wingland Industrial Estate Sutton Bridge
Received 3 Jan 2006Wardentree Lane Spalding Lincs PE11 3UY
Received 20 Oct 1997Barn and outbuildings adjacent 5 Park Lane Donington
Received 8 Feb 2005Harrox Farm Fengate Moulton Chapel
Received 16 Jun 20048 Cambridge Gardens Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4HP
Received 4 Apr 2001242 Luttongate Sutton St Edmund Spalding Lincs PE12 0LH
Received 13 Oct 2010The Pennygate Foundation 204 Pennygate Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 1LT
Received 26 Jun 20151-3 Ashtree Lane Off Stumps Lane Spalding PE12 6HB
Received 9 Jul 20208 Hall Street Crowland Peterborough PE6 OEW
Received 20 Mar 200099 Pinchbeck Road Spalding Lincs
Received 13 Oct 1994Wignals Gate Holbeach Spalding
Received 20 Jan 2021Field Fare Chapel Gate Whaplode Drove
Received 5 Sept 200259 - 61 Broadway Crowland PE6 0BH
Received 18 Oct 2004EMG Hyundai 2 St Johns Road Spalding PE11 1JA
Received 24 Oct 2016AYSCOUGHFEE HALL CHURCH GATE SPALDING PE11 2RA
Received 10 Feb 2015'Thornley', Seagate Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs
Received 12 Jun 1997The Farm Yard Holbeach Road Spalding
Received 25 Jul 20038-10 East Street Crowland PE6 0EN
Received 9 Jan 200890 Garnsgate Road Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9BY
Received 26 May 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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