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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, Sleaford Road, Ancaster
Received Not publishedKettleby Quarry Plant Site, Kettleby Quarry, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, DN20 9HL
Received Not publishedUtterby Primary School, Utterby, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0TN
Received Not publishedRopsley Church of England County Primary School, School Lane, Ropsley
Received Not publishedSaltfleetby Operations, Howdales, Saltfleetby, South Cockerington, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 7DJ
Received Not publishedBoston Hawthorn Tree School, Toot Lane, Fishtoft, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 0PT
Received Not publishedStation Farm, Station Road, Sibsey, Lincolnshire, PE22 0SE
Received Not publishedSwinderby Primary School, High Street, Swinderby
Received Not publishedBrocklesby Park Primary School, Great Limber, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN37 8JS
Received Not publishedSleaford Carre's Grammar School, Northgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7DD
Received Not publishedCommercial Site, A46/ Lincoln Road Junction, Dunholme, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 3QB
Received Not publishedScotter Sewage Treatment Works, Scotter Road, Scotton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedPoplar Farm, Dunston Fen, Metheringham, Lincolnshire, LN4 3AP
Received Not publishedLand off, Baston Outgang Road, Baston, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand at OS Ref: 493053, 367672, Electricity Generation Plant Compound, North Hykeham Landfill Site, Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QZ
Received Not publishedQuadring Cowley and Brown's Primary School, Church End, Donington, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 4SQ
Received Not publishedBiscathorpe Exploration Oil Well Site, Biscathorpe Road, Biscathorpe
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
Received Not publishedSkegness Magistrates Court, Skegness, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedScrapyard, Lealand Way, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7PA
Received Not publishedWhisby Quarry (adjacent to Swinderby Road and Beehive Lane); Whisby
Received Not published70 and 72 Robin Hood's Walk, Boston
Received Not publishedNorton Bottoms Quarry, Stapleford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand south of, Sudbrook Road, Carlton Scroop
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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