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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Biscathorpe Quarry, Gayton le Wold, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand south of the A153, Anwick
Received Not publishedLand at Gonerby Moor, Old Great North Road, Great Gonerby
Received Not publishedPlot 14, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Saxilby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBaston Asphalt, Cross Road, Baston, Lincolnshire, PE6 9QA
Received Not publishedHarmston Quarry, Tower Lane, Harmston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedFour Fields C of E Primary School, Park Avenue, Sutterton
Received Not publishedGrange Farm, Fen Road, Toynton St Peter, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5DD
Received Not publishedCastle Quarry, Ancaster, Grantham
Received Not publishedEnvironcom, Spittlegate Level, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UH
Received Not publishedTattershall Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Curzon Estate, Tattershall, Lincolnshire, LN4 4LD
Received Not publishedHarmston Quarry, Tower Lane, Harmston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSpalding The Garth School, Pinchbeck Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1QF
Received Not publishedOverflow Car Park & Roundabout, off Sandy Lane, Anderby Creek, Skegness, PE24 5XX
Received Not publishedBowmans Business Park, Mill Road, Addlethorpe, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 4TP
Received Not publishedNorth Hykeham Landfill Site, Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand to south of Barn Lane, Branston, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBoston Landfill Site, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBaston No.2 Quarry, Langtoft Outgang Road, Langtoft, Market Deeping, Peterborough, PE6 9QA
Received Not publishedMushroom Farm, 10 Boundary Lane, South Hykeham, Lincoln LN6 9NQ
Received Not publishedSwineshead St Marys C of E School, Abbey Road, Swineshead, Lincolnshire, PE20 3EN
Received Not publishedReed Point, Spalding Road, Sutterton
Received Not publishedWilsford Heath Materials Recycling Facility, High Dike, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedUniversity Academy Holbeach, Park Road, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, PE12 7PU
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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