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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
37,667 approved · 4,566 refused · 1,379 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Feb 1989 to 9 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former: Bull & Monkie Public House Churchgate Spalding PE11 2RA
Received 17 Apr 200924 HATT CLOSE MOULTON SPALDING PE12 6PY
Received 23 Nov 2023129-137 Eaton Gardens Winsover Road Spalding
Received 20 Sept 2007Land at Gibbet Fen Fen Road (A52) Donington Spalding PE11 4XE
Received 22 Dec 2025St Audreys 13 Love Lane Spalding Lincs
Received 24 Jan 2001Sempringham House East Bank Sutton Bridge
Received 3 Jun 2008A17 Roundabout Sutton Bridge Spalding PE12 9XE
Received 30 Mar 2021109 Spalding Road Pinchbeck Spalding Lincs
Received 20 Jun 20026 PARK CLOSE GOSBERTON SPALDING PE11 4FA
Received 9 Sept 2014Rose Cottage Pipwell Gate Saracens Head Spalding PE12 8BA
Received 19 Dec 2012Warehouse Swan Street Spalding
Received 15 Mar 2004Manor Farm Holbeach Hurn Spalding Lincs
Received 8 Jul 1999West Marsh Road Spalding Lincs
Received 1 Jun 1999The Barn West Drove North Gedney Hill Spalding PE12 0PL
Received 26 Nov 2018Reymerston Sweetlands Way Gosberton Spalding Lincs PE11 4HH
Received 25 Nov 2010Treatment Plant Needham Drive Sutton St James
Received 30 Oct 20039 St Marys Gardens Cowbit Spalding Lincs PE12 6XJ
Received 5 Jul 2004The Collies Broad Drove Gosberton Clough
Received 25 Feb 2008The Manor House Hallgate Fleet Spalding PE12 8NG
Received 30 Jun 2025OS Pt. 1334 & 2854, Roman Bank Holbeach Bank Spalding Lincs
Received 20 Apr 1994Harrington Hall Nursery Little Marsh Lane Fleet
Received 18 Aug 2006Middle Road Whaplode Spalding Lincs
Received 7 Jul 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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