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East Lindsey District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Lindsey District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates2,080Searchable applications
424Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 1,108 approved or refused records
90Refused applications
1,018 approved · 90 refused · 64 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Dec 2020 to 18 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas17 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Awaiting decision01415/26/ABC
Determination of whether or not prior approval is required for the siting, design and external appearance of the agricultural livestock building to be erected.
Land East Of The Pheasantry Hatton Road Panton Lincolnshire
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision01416/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Erection of detached outbuilding/garage.
Lynwood Main Road West Keal Lincolnshire PE23 4BE
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision01417/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Extension to existing dwelling to provide additional living accommodation.
The Warrens Main Road East Keal Lincolnshire PE23 4BA
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision01419/26/RVC
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 3 (materials) previously approved under planning permission ref. no. 00406/25/FUL for the extensions and alterations to existing dwelling to provide additional living accommodation and resurfacing of the existing driveway.
The Cedars The Broadway Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire LN10 6SQ
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision01420/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Change of use and alterations to fish and chip takeaway/restaurant to form barber shop and takeaway, with first floor residential flat above.
3 - 5 Lumley Avenue Skegness Lincolnshire PE25 2AH
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision01422/26/ABC
Determination of whether or not prior approval is required for the siting, design and external appearance of the agricultural track to be constructed.
Land East Of The Pheasantry Hatton Road Panton Lincolnshire
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision01424/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Change of use of existing agricultural land to form an extension to the domestic curtilage of Meadow View.
Land To The Rear Of Meadow View Middlesykes Lane Grimoldby Lincolnshire LN11 8TE
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision01425/26/RES
Reserved Matters application relating to the erection of 47no. dwellings with garages, construction of access roads and landscaping (outline planning permission ref. no. 03090/25/OUT for the erection of 47no. dwellings).
Land At Fanthorpe Lane Louth Lincolnshire
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01430/26/LDC
Section 191 application to determine the lawfulness of the existing detached outbuilding used as a summerhouse and games room with a sunken hot tub and a swim spa within a raised decked area.
Eastview 3 Five Acres Crescent Skegness Lincolnshire PE25 1FT
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01433/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Erection of 8no. houses, 5no. flats construction of vehicular accesses and associated car parking. Demolition of existing warehouse.
The Warehouse Novus Packaging And Design Consultancy Riverhead Road Louth Lincolnshire LN11 0BY
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision01434/26/DPC
Discharge of condition 3 (external materials), condition 9 (Landscaping) & condition 14 (birds & bat boxes) imposed on S/195/01935/23.
Chainbridge Barns Wainfleet Bypass Wainfleet St Mary Lincolnshire
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01435/26/LBA
Listed Building Consent - Internal and external alterations to existing building to provide an internal mezzanine floor to provide safe refuge in event of flood and occasional sleeping platform for guests.
Bridge Farm Austen Fen Grainthorpe Lincolnshire LN11 0NX
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01436/26/DPC
Discharge of condition 3 (landscaping), condition 4 (Mitigation), condition 6 (archaeological investigation) & condition 8 (archaeological archiving) imposed on S/023/00868/24.
Land West Of Home Farm Park The Common Burgh Le Marsh Lincolnshire
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01439/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Change of use of existing drinking establishment to form a retail unit.
29-35 Upgate Louth Lincolnshire LN11 9HD
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01441/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Extensions and alterations to existing dwelling to provide additional living accommodation.
Pendeen Eastville Road Toynton St Peter Lincolnshire PE23 5AT
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01442/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Change of use of part of existing runway to provide an open storage area for primary and recycled aggregates and siting of a welfare unit.
Strubby Airfield The Green Strubby Lincolnshire LN13 0LW
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01446/26/192
Section 192 application to determine the lawful commencement of planning application ref. no. N/154/00174/21.
Skendleby Holme Farm Skegness Road Partney Lincolnshire PE23 4PY
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01460/26/ESR
Environmental Impact Assessment (E.E.C. Directive 85/337/E.E.C. as amended by Council Directive 97/11E.C.) for a screening opinion with respect to the excavation of land to form a fishing lake and bunding, erection of 2no. stable blocks and construction of a vehicular access road.
Land Off Mill Lane Huttoft Lincolnshire LN13 9RJ
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01463/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Extension and alterations to existing dwelling to provide additional living accommodation.
41 Keddington Road Louth Lincolnshire LN11 0AU
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01469/26/DPC
Discharge of condition 3 (bat surveys), condition 8 (contamination phase 1) and condition 9 (remediation strategy and works) imposed on planning permission reference 00392/25/FUL.
Land At Bridge Farm Thoresby Bridge Marshchapel Lincolnshire
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01470/26/ESR
Environmental Impact Assessment (E.E.C. Directive 85/337/E.E.C. as amended by Council Directive 97/11E.C.) for a screening opinion with respect to change of use of land from agricultural to a mixed use (agriculture/equestrian) and erection of a mobile stable block of up to 3 stables.
Land South Of The Beeches, Mill Lane, Scamblesby, Lincolnshire.
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01471/26/DPC
Discharge of condition 3 (Roosting assessment), condition 7 (materials), condition 8 (Windows) & condition 9 (Doors) imposed on 03380/25/FUL.
Barn At Grove Farm Holywell Lane Utterby Lincolnshire
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01476/26/FUL
Planning Permission - Change of use and conversion of first and second floors above existing restaurant to form 2 no. self-contained flats, including the erection of a single-storey rear entrance extension with associated works.
31 High Street Mablethorpe Lincolnshire LN12 1AF
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision01477/26/ABC
Determination of whether or not prior approval is required for the siting, design and external appearance of the livestock building to be erected.
Willow Farm Holmes Road Horsington Lincolnshire LN10 5HS
Received 8 Sept 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for East Lindsey 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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