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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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2 Acres of field 4898 - Signpost Field, Howdales Farm, Saddleback Road, Howdales, Saltfleetby, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 7DJ
Received Not publishedLand to the east and west of Kirby Lane, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCreeton Quarry, Counthorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedWitham St Hughs Primary School, Muntjac Way, Witham St Hughs, Lincolnshire, LN6 9WF
Received Not publishedTheddlethorpe Gas Terminal, Theddlethorpe St Helen, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 1NQ
Received Not publishedManor Farm, Land to the east of A1133, Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire, LN1 2JR
Received Not publishedSt Gilbert's Church of England Primary School, Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2PP
Received Not publishedCherry Willingham Primary School, Lime Grove, Cherry Willingham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN3 4BD
Received Not publishedB1188 south of Digby and Digby Village Centre, Digby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSt Georges Academy - Ruskington Site, Leicester Street, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7PS
Received Not publishedBourne Robert Manning Technology College, Edinburgh Crescent, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9DT
Received Not publishedRailway Station Heritage Centre, Chapel Street, Market Rasen
Received Not publishedAncaster C Of E Primary School, Mercia Drive, Ancaster, NG32 3QQ
Received Not publishedRopsley Quarry, Long Hollow Lane, Ropsley, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedThe Priory Ruskin Academy, The Priory Ruskin Academy, Queensway, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9RA
Received Not publishedSkellingthorpe The Holt Primary School, Swallow Avenue, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, LN6 5XJ
Received Not published., Tiber Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedEresby Special School, Eresby Avenue, Spilsby, PE23 5HU
Received Not publishedAgricultural Field Adjacent to Wistaria House, Wisteria Farm, Northgate, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedScheme known as East West Link Road, Land at Tentercroft Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGainsborough Oil and Gas Field, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedThorpe Tilney Estate, Martin Dales, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLongwood Quarry, Longwood Lane, Blankney, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN4 3BN
Received Not publishedFriskney All Saints C of E Primary School, Church Road, Friskney, Lincolnshire, PE22 8RD
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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