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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Saxilby C Of E Primary School, Highfield Road, Saxilby
Received Not publishedEuropean Metal Recycling Ltd, Beevor Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7AD
Received Not publishedBirkbeck School and Community Arts College, Keeling Street, North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, LN11 7PN
Received Not publishedHollytree Farm, Croft Bank, Croft, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand west of Tattershall Road, Tattershall Road, Kirkby on Bain, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedWhisby Landfill Site, Eagle Road, Whisby, Lincolnshire, LN6 9BT
Received Not publishedRailway Station Heritage Centre, Chapel Street, Market Rasen
Received Not publishedSlippery Gowt Lane, Wyberton, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7AA
Received Not publishedPlot 80, Bolingbroke Road, Louth, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedKettleby Quarry, Brigg Road, Kettleby
Received Not publishedBoston Biomass UK N03 LTD, Nursery Road, Riverside Industrial Estate, Boston
Received Not publishedKirkby On Bain Landfill Site, Tattershall Road, Kirkby On Bain, LN10 6YN
Received Not published22 Hillside Estate, Ruskington
Received Not publishedSaltfleetby Gas Field, Saddleback Road, Howdales, South Cockerington, Lincolnshire
Received Not published10, Virginia Drive, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8BD
Received Not publishedThe Lodge, 58 Station Road, Waddington
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Woad Farm Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 0EF
Received Not published17 Westminster Road Industrial Estate, North Hykeham
Received Not publishedSwinderby All Saints Church of England Primary School, High Street, Swinderby, Lincolnshire, LN6 9LU
Received Not publishedM E Cotton and Son, Anson's Farm, Eagle Road, Swinderby, Lincolnshire, LN6 9HS
Received Not publishedAnaerobic Digester Plant, Hemswell Cliff Industrial Estate, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5TU
Received Not publishedSpalding St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School, Queen's Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2JQ
Received Not publishedHolbeach Primary School, Boston Road, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, PE12 7LZ
Received Not publishedUnits 31, 12a and 12, Brookenby Business Park, Brookenby Park, Binbrook, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 6HF
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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