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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Roe House, Boundary Lane, South Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBoston Landfill Site, Slippery Gowt Lane, Wyberton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedPinchbeck East Church of England Primary School, Fennell Road, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 3RP
Received Not publishedClapgate Farm, Somersby Road, Ashby Puerorum, Greetham with Somersby, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 6QU
Received Not publishedRoyston Footbridge, South Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedThe Robert Manning School, Edinburgh Crescent, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9DT
Received Not publishedBoston West Primary School, Sussex Avenue, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7QG
Received Not publishedMorton Church of England (Controlled) Primary School, Station Road, Morton, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0NN
Received Not publishedThe Priory Witham Academy, De Wint Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DT
Received Not publishedLand to the north of, Wardentree Lane, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedReeds Beck Farm, Reeds Beck, Stixwould, Lincolnshire, LN10 6UW
Received Not publishedHighfield Quarry, A1028, Bluestone Heath Road, Welton le Marsh, Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLindum Waste Recycling, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Saxilby, Lincoln, LN1 2LR
Received Not publishedGainsborough Queen Elizabeth's High School, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2ST
Received Not publishedNorth Hykeham All Saints Primary School, Ravesmoor Close, Moor Lane, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 9AB
Received Not publishedCathedral Quarry, East of Riseholme Road, Lincoln
Received Not publishedDisused Airfield, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedAmbergate School, Dysart Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7LP
Received Not publishedFormer Usher Junior School site, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln
Received Not publishedWestville Farm, Westville, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 7HR
Received Not publishedWelton gathering Centre, Barfield Lane, Off Wragby Road, Sudbrooke
Received Not publishedMid Uk Recycling Ltd, Caythorpe MRF, Heath Lane, Caythorpe, Grantham, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedLand to the north of, Scotter Road, Laughton
Received Not publishedWilsford Heath Warehouses, High Dike, Wilsford, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3QD
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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