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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Household Waste Recycling Centre-Materials Recovery Facility, Slippery Gowt Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire
Received Not published., Church Avenue/Burgh Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHighfield Farm, Bluestone Heath Road, Welton le Marsh, Lincolnshire, PE23 5SX
Received Not publishedA Riddel & Sons Metal & Scrap Hire Ltd, Spratt Close, Abigate Industrial Estate, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 6SB
Received Not publishedCastle Moat House, 18, Drury Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3BN
Received Not publishedLand west of Tattershall Road, Tattershall Road, Kirkby on Bain, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCastle Wood Academy, The Avenue, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1EP
Received Not publishedWhisby Quarry, Eagle Road, Whisby
Received Not publishedFormer Myle Cross Primary School, Macauley Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4EL
Received Not publishedQuadring Cowley and Brown's Primary School, Church End, Donington, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 4SQ
Received Not publishedCorby Glen Community Primary School, Corby Glen, Lincolnshire, NG33 4NW
Received Not publishedAnaerobic Digester Plant, Hemswell Cliff Industrial Estate, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5TU
Received Not publishedMyle Cross Centre, Macaulay Drive, Lincoln
Received Not publishedManor Farm, Churchthorpe, Fulstow
Received Not publishedManor Pit, Baston Outgang Road, Baston
Received Not publishedHarmston Quarry, Tower Lane, Harmston, Lincoln, LN4 2JA
Received Not publishedGreat Ponton Quarry, Dallygate Lane, Great Ponton, Lincolnshire, NG33 5BQ
Received Not publishedNormanby By Spital County Primary School, 19 Main Street, Normanby-by-Spital
Received Not publishedRopsley Quarry, Long Hollow Lane, Ropsley, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedTinda Lee, Unit 42, Alma Park Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9SE
Received Not publishedLincolnshire Fire and Rescue Training Centre, Sleaford Road, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln, LN5 9FG
Received Not publishedDeeping St Nicholas Sewage Treatment Works, New Road, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3UR
Received Not publishedGainsborough Landfill Site, Lea Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedNettleton Community School, Moortown Road, Nettleton, Lincolnshire, LN7 6AA
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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