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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Highfield Quarry, A1028, Bluestone Heath Road, Welton le Marsh, Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedAnaerobic Digester Plant, Hemswell Cliff Industrial Estate, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5TU
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, Tallington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGelder Ltd, Tillbridge Lane, Sturton by Stow, LN1 2DS
Received Not publishedLand runs parallel to Vernatt's Drain and is bound by the B1356 Spalding Road to the east, Spalding
Received Not publishedGBM Waste Management Ltd, Bolingbroke Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0WA
Received Not publishedSt Pauls Primary School, Queens Road, Spalding
Received Not publishedLincoln Hartsholme Primary School, Carrington Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0DE
Received Not publishedLand At South Fen Road, Bourne
Received Not publishedGainsborough Oil and Gas Field, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMEC Recycling Ltd, Ansons Farm, Swinderby, Lincolnshire, LN6 9HS
Received Not publishedGBM Waste Management Ltd, Bolingbroke Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0WA
Received Not publishedDecoy Farm, Spalding Road, Crowland, Peterborough, PE6 0LX
Received Not publishedDrainage Farm, Spalding Road, Twenty
Received Not publishedLincoln St Christopher's School, Hykeham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8AR
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Mussons Close, Corby Glen, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedPanda’s Kids Club, St John’s Primary Academy, Grantham Road, Bracebridge Heath
Received Not publishedGreenaway, Long Acres, The Green, Strubby, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 0LW
Received Not publishedMid Uk Recycling Ltd, Caythorpe MRF, Heath Lane, Caythorpe, Grantham, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedDisused Airfield, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedPlot 53, Bolingbroke Road, Louth, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedRopsley Quarry, Long Hollow Lane, Ropsley
Received Not published-, Outgang Road, Baston Fen, Lincolnshire, PE6 9PT
Received Not publishedThe Priory Witham Academy, De Wint Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DT
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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