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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
Received Not publishedBaumber Primary School, Lincoln Road, Baumber, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5ND
Received Not publishedLincoln Mount Street Academy School, Mount Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3JG
Received Not publishedHuttoft Bank, Huttoft, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9RS
Received Not publishedMiddlemarsh Landfill Site, Middlemarsh Lane, Burgh le Marsh, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 7AA
Received Not publishedSheep Market, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGosberton House School, Westhorpe Road, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, PE11 4EW
Received Not publishedBardney Church of England and Methodist Primary School, Henry Lane, Bardney, Lincolnshire, LN3 5XJ
Received Not publishedFields 5133(Pt), 6339 and 0015, Stapleford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedUnit 7C, Hassall Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 3TB
Received Not publishedSpalding Monkshouse Primary School, Pennygate, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1LG
Received Not publishedBlue Sky Plastics Ltd, South Fen Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0DN
Received Not publishedBaston No. 2 Quarry, Langtoft Outgang Road, Langtoft, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSouth Hykeham Primary School, Wath Lane, South Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 9PG
Received Not publishedGrantham The Walton Girls' High School, Harlaxton Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7JR
Received Not publishedLand between the A46 Hykeham roundabout and A15 Sleaford Road roundabout
Received Not publishedG W Machin & Son Ltd, Coney Garth Lane, Surfleet Bank, Surfleet, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 4DS
Received Not publishedThe Hub, St Johns Primary Academy, Grantham Road, Bracebridge Heath
Received Not publishedDecoy Farm, Spalding Road, Crowland, Peterborough, PE6 0LX
Received Not publishedGainsborough Old Hall, Parnell Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2NB
Received Not publishedHome Farm, Rectory Lane, Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, LN9 6JB
Received Not publishedBoston Park Community Primary School, Robin Hood's Walk, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9LQ
Received Not publishedWelton Gathering Centre, Barfield Lane, Sudbrooke, Lincolnshire, LN2 2QU
Received Not publishedWestmoor Farm, North Kesley Road, Caistor, Market Rasen, LN7 6SF
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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