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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Glebe Stone Sales Ltd, Glebe Quarry, Wilsford, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMiddle Rasen County Primary School, North Street, Middle Rasen
Received Not publishedFour Fields C of E Primary School, Park Avenue, Sutterton
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling Limited, Station Road, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedWhisby A Site, Eagle Road, Eagle Moor, Lincoln
Received Not publishedPart OS Field 5631, Station Road, Snelland, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand off Barff Lane, Glentham
Received Not publishedDunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Back Lane, Dunston, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN4 2EH
Received Not publishedA Riddel Waste Management, Hemingby Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5PN
Received Not publishedMansgate Chalk Quarry, Mansgate Hill, Nettleton
Received Not publishedColsterworth Landfill Site, Crabtree Road, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHighfield Quarry, A1028, Bluestone Heath Road, Welton le Marsh, Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedAncaster Church of England Primary School, Mercia Drive, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3QQ
Received Not publishedThompson Waste Management (Gainsborough) Ltd, 1, Summergangs Lane, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1AH
Received Not publishedBrauncewell Quarry, Long Lane, Brauncewell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLeadenham Landfill, Pottergate Road, Leadenham
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBoston Landfill Site, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBourne Sewage Treatment Works, Cherry Holt Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCounty Offices, Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1YL
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, King Street, West Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 9JB
Received Not publishedWelbourn Sir William Robertson High School, Main Road, Welbourn, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 0PA
Received Not publishedField 9310, The Moors, Wetmoor Lane, Cold Hanworth, Welton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHelpringham CP School, Highgate, Helpringham, Lincolnshire, NG34 0RD
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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