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South Holland

Limited recent decision data is available for South Holland, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (2023-02-01–2026-04-10): 85.5% of 723 decisions approved.

800Total applications
618Approved
105Refused
22Withdrawn
55Pending
85.5%Approval rate (all types)
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 181 167 14
92.3%
Full Planning Application 135 106 29
78.5%
Discharge of Conditions 122 106 16
86.9%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 54 49 5
90.7%
Change of Use 51 41 10
80.4%
Uncategorised 36 30 6
83.3%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 29 29 0
100.0%
Tree Works (TPO) 27 27 0
100.0%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 16 16 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 14 12 2
85.7%
DISMISSED 12 0 12
0.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 11 8 3
72.7%
Reserved Matters 10 10 0
100.0%
Advertisement Consent 9 7 2
77.8%
Outline Planning 4 3 1
75.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 2 2 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 2 1 1
50.0%
Not entertained 2 0 2
0.0%
Listed Building Consent 2 2 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 1 1 0
100.0%
ALLOWED IN PART 1 0 1
0.0%
Demolition 1 1 0
100.0%
ALLOWED 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 53 43
81.1%
2023-Q4 61 55
90.2%
2024-Q1 61 54
88.5%
2024-Q2 54 43
79.6%
2024-Q3 64 57
89.1%
2024-Q4 52 44
84.6%
2025-Q1 58 47
81.0%
2025-Q2 68 61
89.7%
2025-Q3 49 38
77.6%
2025-Q4 58 46
79.3%
2026-Q1 68 59
86.8%
2026-Q2 6 4
66.7%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Spalding 112 98 14
87.5%
Holbeach 88 75 13
85.2%
Crowland 61 52 9
85.2%
Pinchbeck 61 57 4
93.4%
Moulton 45 40 5
88.9%
Long Sutton 43 37 6
86.0%
Gosberton 39 33 6
84.6%
Donington 36 27 9
75.0%
Gedney 31 27 4
87.1%
Whaplode 27 21 6
77.8%
Fleet 24 21 3
87.5%
Surfleet 20 15 5
75.0%
Planning guides

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