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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Castle Quarry, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand off, Occupation Road, Gonerby Moor, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHighfield Quarry, Bluestone Heath Road, Welton le Marsh
Received Not publishedHighfield Quarry, Bluestone Heath Road, A1028, Welton le Marsh, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedThe Priory Ruskin Academy, The Priory Ruskin Academy, Queensway, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9RA
Received Not published4, Lindum Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedThe Old Ship Inn, Beck Bank, Gosberton Clough, Spalding
Received Not publishedFormer Christian Salvesen Ltd site, Burton Lane, Easton
Received Not publishedSwineshead St Marys C of E School, Abbey Road, Swineshead, Lincolnshire, PE20 3EN
Received Not publishedLand off, Clay Bank, South Kyme, Lincolnshire, LN4 4AH
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, King Street, West Deeping
Received Not publishedCastle Quarry, Sleaford Road, Ancaster
Received Not publishedLand to west of South Witham Village, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedKirkby-la-Thorpe Church of England Primary School, Church Lane, Kirkby-la-Thorpe, Lincolnshire, NG34 9NU
Received Not publishedUffington School, 10 School Lane, Uffington
Received Not publishedHorncastle Fire Station, Foundry Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedDecoy Farm, Spalding Road, Crowland, Peterborough, PE6 0LX
Received Not publishedSturgate Airfield, Cow Lane, Upton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5PB
Received Not publishedLouth Monks' Dyke Tennyson College, Monks Dyke Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9AR
Received Not publishedMick George Ltd, South Witham Quarry, Mill Lane, South Witham
Received Not publishedBourne Skip Hire, Cherry Holt Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9LA
Received Not publishedFormer Usher Junior School site, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln
Received Not publishedMushroom Farm, 10 Boundary Lane, South Hykeham
Received Not publishedHarmston Quarry, Tower Lane, Harmston, Lincolnshire
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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