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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Corringham C of E (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, Middle Street, Corringham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5QS
Received Not published-, Slippery Gowt Lane, Wyberton, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7AA
Received Not publishedLinchfield County Primary School, Crowson Way, Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, PE6 8EY
Received Not publishedMonksview Demolition Ltd, West Drove North, Gedney Hill, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0NT
Received Not publishedWilsford Heath Materials Recovery Facility, High Dike, Ancaster, Grantham, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedBoston Staniland Primary School, Peck Avenue, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8DF
Received Not publishedHolly Tree Farm, Croft Bank, Croft, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 4RE
Received Not publishedLincoln Mount Street Academy School, Mount Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3JG
Received Not publishedMill House Farm, Willoughby with Sloothby, Lincolnshire, LN13 9NW
Received Not publishedAncaster Church of England Primary School, Mercia Drive, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3QQ
Received Not publishedSt Giles Infant School, Addison Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4LQ
Received Not publishedTheddlethorpe Primary School, Mill Road, Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 1PB
Received Not publishedHorbling Brown's Church of England (Aided) School, Sandygate Lane, Horbling, Lincolnshire, NG34 0PL
Received Not publishedTraynors, The Boundary, Gorse Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UE
Received Not publishedNew Leake Primary School, Fodderdyke Bank, New Leake, Lincolnshire, PE22 8JB
Received Not publishedWelton Quarry, Bluestone Heath Road, Welton Le Marsh
Received Not publishedField 9694, Known as Forty Acre, Stewton Newkin Lane, South Cockerington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSpilsby The King Edward VI Humanities College, West End, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5EW
Received Not publishedLand at Mareham Lane, Sleaford
Received Not publishedRopsley Quarry, Long Hollow Lane, Ropsley, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSwinderby Airfield and Norton Disney Quarry, Swinderby & Norton Disney, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedNew Earth Solutions (West) Ltd, Caythorpe Heath Lane, Caythorpe
Received Not publishedHighway Depot, Station Road, Thurlby, Lincolnshire, PE10 0JA
Received Not publishedCaistor Church of England and Methodist Primary School, South Dale, Caistor, Lincolnshire, LN7 6LY
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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