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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Grantham Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary School, Gonerby Hill Foot, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8HQ
Received Not publishedLaurel Lodge Farm, Hurn Road, Holbeach Hurn
Received Not publishedRed Barn Quarry, Morkery Lane, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand at, Boundary Lane, South Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 9NQ
Received Not publishedLincoln Saint Peter and Saint Paul Catholic High School, Western Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7SX
Received Not publishedScampton Church of England Primary School, High Street, Scampton, Lincolnshire, LN1 2SD
Received Not publishedLand off, Smithfield Road, North Kelsey, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSt Helena's Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Willoughby
Received Not publishedNew Mills, North Witham Road, South Witham
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to the existing Plant Based Protein Extraction Facility, between A16 and Rangell Gate, Spalding
Received Not publishedSt Gilbert's Church of England Primary School, Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2PP
Received Not publishedSkellingthorpe The Holt Primary School, Swallow Avenue, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, LN6 5XJ
Received Not publishedEventus, Sunderland Road, Northfields Industrial Estate, Market Deeping
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling, Copper Hill Industrial Estate, Ermine Street, Barkston Heath
Received Not publishedAncaster Church of England Primary School, Mercia Drive, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3QQ
Received Not publishedPH Bioenergy Ltd, Park House Farm, Castle Bytham, NG33 4RS
Received Not publishedKing Edward VI School, Edward Street, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9LA
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Balderstone Corner, Main Road, Toynton St Peter, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5AJ
Received Not publishedDepartment of Trucking Ltd, Westville Farmyard, Northlands Road, Westville, Lincolnshire, PE22 7HR
Received Not publishedWitham St Hughs Primary School, Muntjac Way, Witham St Hughs, Lincolnshire, LN6 9WF
Received Not publishedHorncastle Fire Station, Foundry Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent to Baston Quarry, Cross Road, Baston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedIngoldmells Primary School, Simpson's Court, Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
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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