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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Louth Cordeaux School, North Holme Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0HG
Received Not publishedAEL Biogas Ltd, East Kirkby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 4BU
Received Not publishedLincoln St Faith's Church of England Infant School, West Parade, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1QL
Received Not publishedWelton Quarry, Highfield Farm, Welton le Marsh, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand to west of South Witham Village, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
Received Not publishedHeckington Church of England Primary School, Howell Road, Heckington, Lincolnshire, NG34 9RX
Received Not publishedProposed HWRC, South Fen Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0DN
Received Not publishedLindum Waste Recovery, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Saxilby
Received Not publishedBurgh Le Marsh Windmill, High Street, Burgh Le Marsh
Received Not publishedCastle Quarry, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedNocton Community School, School Lane, Nocton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCopper Hill Quarry, High Dike, Ancaster
Received Not publishedColsterworth Landfill Site, Crabtree Road, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGainsborough Landfill Site, Lea Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSpalding Fire Station, West Elloe Avenue, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2BH
Received Not publishedSouth Hykeham County Primary School, Wath Lane, South Hykeham
Received Not publishedSpilsby The King Edward VI Humanities College, West End, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5EW
Received Not publishedFormer Baumber Primary School, Lincoln Road, Baumber, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5ND
Received Not publishedSir John Gleed School, Neville Avenue, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2EJ
Received Not publishedMiddlemarsh Landfill Site, Middlemarsh Lane, Burgh le Marsh, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 7AA
Received Not publishedFormer Gainsborough The Castle Hills School Site, The Avenue, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1PY
Received Not publishedA Riddel & Sons Metal & Scrap Hire Ltd, Spratt Close, Abigate Industrial Estate, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 6SB
Received Not publishedPlot off, Spratt Close, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 6SB
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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