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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Vicarage Farm, Spalding, PE11 4JL
Received Not published7, George Street, Great Northern Terrace, Lincoln, LN5 8LG
Received Not publishedSaltfleetby Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Saltfleetby, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 7SN
Received Not publishedLand off Nocton Fen Lane, Nocton
Received Not publishedMID UK Recycling Ltd, Station Road, Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedDisused Airfield, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLake View House, Northfield Road East, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 8LG
Received Not publishedMarsh Lane, Riverside Industrial Estate, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7TN
Received Not publishedSt Gilbert's Church of England Primary School, Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2PP
Received Not publishedBoston Landfill Site, Slippery Gowt Lane, Wyberton, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7AA
Received Not publishedSpalding High School, Stonegate, Spalding
Received Not publishedWelbourn Primary School, High Street, Welbourn
Received Not publishedThe Priory Witham Academy, De Wint Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DT
Received Not publishedG W Machin & Son Ltd, Coney Garth Lane, Surfleet Bank, Surfleet, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 4DS
Received Not publishedGrimoldby Primary School, Tinkle Street, Grimoldby, Lincolnshire, LN11 8SW
Received Not publishedDenton Church of England School, Church Street, Denton, Lincolnshire, NG32 1LG
Received Not publishedScampton Church of England Primary School, High Street, Scampton
Received Not publishedLouth St Michael's Church of England School, Monks Dyke Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9AR
Received Not publishedenvironCom England Ltd, Spittlegate Level, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UH
Received Not publishedThe Old Ship Inn, Beck Bank, Gosberton Clough, Spalding
Received Not publishedNew Park Farm, Woodhall Spa Road, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire, LN4 4JT
Received Not publishedBoston Park Community Primary School, Robin Hood's Walk, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9LQ
Received Not publishedBoston High School for Girls, Spilsby Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9PF
Received Not publishedHigh Bridge, Spalding, Lincolnshire
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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