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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Anaerobic Digester Plant, Hemswell Cliff Industrial Estate, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5TU
Received Not publishedBarn Hill House, Barn Hill, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2AE
Received Not publishedLand at the junction of the A46 and Lincoln Road, Dunholme, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBrauncewell Quarries Ltd, Long Lane, Brauncewell, Lincolnshire, NG34 8RL
Received Not publishedLincoln Bracebridge Library, Newark Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8PE
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, King Street, West Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 9JB
Received Not publishedLouth Eastfield Infants' and Nursery School, Lacey Gardens, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8DQ
Received Not publishedStickney Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Stickney
Received Not publishedLand between the A46 Hykeham Roundabout and A15 Sleaford Road Roundabout
Received Not publishedMID UK Recycling Ltd, Station Road, Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedWhisby Quarry, Eagle Road, Whisby
Received Not publishedPartney Primary School, Maddison Lane, Partney, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 4PX
Received Not publishedPrimary School Site, Aintree Way, Bourne, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand off the B1189/B1191, part of former RAF Metheringham base, near Martin Moor, Metheringham
Received Not publishedThe Old Hall, Parnell Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2NB
Received Not publishedFormer Usher Junior School site, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln
Received Not publishedChapel Six Marshes Car Park, Anderby Road, Chapel St Leonards, Skegness, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
Received Not publishedPlaying Field, Louth Monk's Dyke Technology College, Monks Dyke Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9AW
Received Not publishedBourne Abbey Primary Academy, Abbey Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EP
Received Not publishedPoplar Farm Development, Barrowby Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8AF
Received Not publishedKenwick Quarry/Landfill, A16, London Road, Tathwell, Lincolnshire, LN11 8QH
Received Not publishedNorth and South Meadow, Baston, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHolly Tree Farm, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 4RE
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage