Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lincolnshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Park Farm, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMiddlemarsh Landfill Site, Middlemarsh Lane, Burgh le Marsh, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 7AA
Received Not publishedBrauncewell Quarries, Brauncewell
Received Not publishedLouth Monks' Dyke Tennyson College, Monks Dyke Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9AR
Received Not publishedWest Firsby Oilfield, Spridlington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand off Thompson's Lane, Fosdyke
Received Not publishedThe Peele Community College, 84 Little London, Long Sutton, Spalding, PE12 9LF
Received Not publishedCrosskeys Swing Bridge, Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge
Received Not published., North Kelsey Road, Caistor, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGrantham Huntingtower County Primary School, Huntingtower Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7AU
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Woad Farm Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 0EF
Received Not publishedNew Earth Solutions (West) Ltd, Copper Hill Industrial Estate, High Dike, Wilsford
Received Not publishedNocton Community School, School Road, Nocton, Lincolnshire, LN4 2BJ
Received Not publishedField off, Nocton Fen Lane, Nocton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedUniversity Academy Holbeach (was St Guthlac School), Postland Road, Crowland, Lincolnshire, PE6 0JA
Received Not publishedWyndham Park Nursery School, Wyndham Park, Hill Avenue, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9BB
Received Not publishedBaston Church of England Primary School, 103a, Main Street, Baston, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 9PB
Received Not publishedFormer Railway Yard, Station Road, Sutterton, Algarkirk, Boston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedInert Materials Recycling Facility, Slippery Gowt Lane Wyberton, Boston, PE21 7AA
Received Not publishedMarket Rasen Church of England Primary School, Mill Road, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 3BL
Received Not publishedT & B Containers, 12-16 Redstone Road, Boston
Received Not publishedSaltfleetby Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Saltfleetby, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 7SN
Received Not published8, Hansard Way, Kirton, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE20 1QN
Received Not publishedN K R Motors, Gull Bank, Whaplode Drove, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0SS
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lincolnshire County 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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