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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Primary School Site, Aintree Way, Bourne, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling Limited, Station Road, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedGrantham Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary School, Gonerby Hill Foot, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLeadenham Landfill and Stone Quarry, Pottergate Road, Leadenham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedArable Field, adjacent to Riverhead Farm, Kelsey Road, Moortown, Market Rasen
Received Not publishedNormanby by Spital County Primary School, 19 Main Street, Normanby by Spital
Received Not publishedScampton C E School, High Street, Scampton
Received Not publishedSpalding Parish Church of England Day School, Clay Lake, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2QG
Received Not publishedDunston Quarry, Dunston
Received Not publishedNorth Somercotes Fire Station, North Somercotes, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCastle Quarry, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMetheringham County Primary School, Princes Street, Metheringham, Lincolnshire, LN4 3BX
Received Not publishedLouth Cordeaux School, North Holme Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0HG
Received Not publishedRopsley Quarry, Long Hollow Lane, Ropsley, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedPt FN 8042, Nettleton Hill, Nettleton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCharles Baines Community Primary School, Baines Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1TE
Received Not publishedMonks' Dyke Tennyson College - Mablethorpe Campus, Seaholme Road, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 2DF
Received Not publishedGrantham Waste Transfer Station, Occupation Lane, Great Gonerby
Received Not publishedDunston Quarry, B1188 Lincoln Road, Dunston
Received Not publishedPublic Open Space, Kitwood Close, Boston
Received Not publishedHalton Holegate Church of England Primary School, 16, Station Road, Halton Holegate, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5PB
Received Not publishedGreat Ponton Quarry, Dallygate Lane, Great Ponton
Received Not publishedLancaster House, 36, Orchard Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1YZ
Received Not publishedBoston Landfill Site, Slippery Gowt Lane, Wyberton, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7AA
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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