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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Spalding Priory School, Neville Avenue, Spalding
Received Not publishedCaistor Grammar School, Church Street, Caistor, Lincolnshire, LN7 6QJ
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSt Lawrence School, Bowl Alley Lane, Horncastle
Received Not publishedLand off, Pride Parkway, Enterprise Park, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 8GL
Received Not publishedDembleby Farm, Ropsley, Grantham, NG34 0EQ
Received Not publishedFire Station, Robin Hood's Walk, Boston
Received Not publishedLand off, Great Northern Terrace, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedDeeping Gate Trees, Northfield Road East, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 8GX
Received Not publishedGreat Ponton Church of England School, Mill Lane, Great Ponton, Lincolnshire, NG33 5DT
Received Not publishedPlot 3, Enterprise Road, Mablethorpe
Received Not publishedField to east of Annpasture Lane, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGainsborough Queen Elizabeth's High School, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2ST
Received Not publishedLand east of King Street, West Deeping, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedThe Priory Witham Academy, De Wint Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DT
Received Not publishedJohnston Quarry Group, Creeton Quarry, Little Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4QG
Received Not publishedThe Orange Skip Company, 20, Westminster Road Industrial Estate, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QY
Received Not publishedTattershall Library, Tattershall, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBarff Farm, Market Rasen Road, Caenby, Lincolnshire, LN8 2AG
Received Not publishedSutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School, Anne Road, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, PE12 9TB
Received Not publishedA151, Holbeach, Spalding PE12 7PY
Received Not publishedBoston High School for Girls, Spilsby Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9PF
Received Not publishedWest Royalty Farm, Spilsby Road, Eastville, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 8LD
Received Not publishedHobleys Yard, Camp Road, Witham St Hughs, Lincolnshire, LN6 9TW
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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