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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lincoln St Faith & St Martin C of E Junior School, Hampton Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1LW
Received Not publishedUniversity Academy Holbeach (was St Guthlac School), Postland Road, Crowland, Lincolnshire, PE6 0JA
Received Not publishedRopsley Quarry, Long Hollow Lane, Ropsley
Received Not publishedBoston Landfill, Slippery Gowt Lane, Wyberton
Received Not publishedDeeping St James Linchfield Community Primary School, Crowson Way, Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, PE6 8EY
Received Not publishedTraynors, The Boundary, Gorse Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UE
Received Not publishedMablethorpe Primary School, High Street, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 1EW
Received Not publishedReed Point, Spalding Road, Sutterton, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE20 2EP
Received Not publishedMiddle Rasen Primary School, North Street, Middle Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 3TS
Received Not publishedBirkbeck School and Community Arts College, Keeling Street, North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, LN11 7PN
Received Not published., Church Avenue/Burgh Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedDisused Airfield, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSaltfleetby B Wellsite, Howdales, South Cockerington
Received Not publishedLincoln Ermine Primary School, Redbourne Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 2HG
Received Not publishedStamford Stone Company, Holywell Quarry, Holywell Road, Careby, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCounty Offices, Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1YL
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln
Received Not publishedBlue Sky Plastics Ltd, South Fen Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0DN
Received Not publishedSpalding The Priory School, Neville Avenue, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2EH
Received Not publishedChurch Farm Museum, Church Road South, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 2HF
Received Not publishedHuttoft Boatshed, Sea Lane, Huttoft
Received Not publishedStamford The Malcolm Sargent Primary School, Empingham Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2SR
Received Not publishedGreenaway Green Waste Services, The Green, Strubby
Received Not publishedCanwick Sewage Treatment Works, Washingborough Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
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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