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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.
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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Grantham The Isaac Newton Primary School, Dysart Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7DG
Received Not publishedBarff Farm, Caenby, Lincolnshire, LN8 2AG
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Biscathorpe House, Gayton le Wold, Louth, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSt Gilbert's Church of England Primary School, Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2PP
Received Not publishedWelton A site, Sudbrooke Road, Scothern
Received Not publishedNorton Bottoms Quarry, Stapleford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand to the south of Newton on Trent, Southmoor Road, Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedKirkby on Bain Quarry, Land east and west of Kirkby Lane, Kirkby Lane, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHousehold Waste Recycling Centre-Materials Recovery Facility, Slippery Gowt Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSleaford The William Alvey Church of England School, Eastgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7EA
Received Not publishedMercury House, Willoughton Drive, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1DY
Received Not publishedNorth Hykeham Landfill Site, Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMalcolm Sargent Grant Maintained School, Empingham Road, Stamford, PE9 2SR
Received Not publishedLouth Kidgate Primary School, Kidgate, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9BX
Received Not publishedGlebe Stone Sales Ltd, Glebe Quarry, Wilsford, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSam Newsom Music Centre, South Street, Boston
Received Not publishedHolton le Clay Junior School, Picksley Crescent, Holton le Clay, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN36 5DR
Received Not publishedM G Skip Hire, Tunnel Bank, Cherry Holt Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0DJ
Received Not publishedLand at Nursery Road, Marsh Lane, Boston
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Kyme Eau, South Kyme, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCreeton Quarry, Counthorpe, Grantham
Received Not publishedScrapyard, Lealand Way, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7PA
Received Not publishedRopsley Church Of England County Primary School, School Lane, Ropsley, NG33 4BT
Received Not publishedStickney Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Stickney, Lincolnshire, PE22 8AX
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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