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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Black Drove Farm, Baston, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBillinghay Church of England Primary School, Fen Road, Billinghay, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN4 4HU
Received Not publishedLandfill Site, Tattershall Road, Kirkby on Bain, Lincolnshire, LN10 6YN
Received Not publishedAnsons Farm, Eagle Lane, Swinderby, Lincolnshire, LN6 9HS
Received Not publishedLouth Eastfield Infants' and Nursery School, Lacey Gardens, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8DQ
Received Not publishedFormer South Thoresby Refuse Disposal Site, South Thoresby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedManor Pit Quarry, Baston Outgang Road, Baston, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 9PE
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, Tallington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCathedral Quarry, Riseholme Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3SP
Received Not publishedFiskerton Wellsite, Fiskerton Airfield, Fiskerton, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN3 4HZ
Received Not publishedLand East of A1, Gonerby Moor, Grantham
Received Not publishedLand at Nursery Road, Marsh Lane Industrial Estate, Boston
Received Not publishedCounty Offices, Newland, Lincoln
Received Not publishedDunston Quarry, Lincoln Road, Dunston
Received Not publishedKettleby House Farm, Bigby, Barnetby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, Tallington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedWilliam Harrison School, Middlefield Lane, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBranston Academy, Station Road, Branston, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN4 1LH
Received Not publishedNew Earth Solutions (West) Ltd, Copper Hill Industrial Estate, Ermine Street, Barkston Heath
Received Not publishedHeckington Church of England Primary School, Howell Road, Heckington
Received Not publishedHolly Tree Farm, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 4RE
Received Not publishedWilliam Farr (Church of England) Comprehensive School, Lincoln Road, Welton, Lincolnshire, LN2 3JB
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, King Street, West Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 9JB
Received Not publishedSleaford Carres Grammar School, Northgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7DD
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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