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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Jerusalem Farm, Jerusalem Road, Skellingthorpe
Received Not publishedBrowns C Of E (Aided) School, Sandygate Lane, Horbling
Received Not publishedSleaford Carres Grammar School, Northgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7DD
Received Not publishedWoodhall Spa Quarry, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire, LN10 6YN
Received Not publishedFormer Baumber Primary School, Lincoln Road, Baumber, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5ND
Received Not publishedKnown as Pridgeons Field, Field 4127, Saddleback Road, Howdales, Saltfleetby, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 7DJ
Received Not publishedAlternative Waste Solutions Limited, Hangar 4, Caenby Corner Industrial Estate, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5TH
Received Not publishedSkegness Junior School, Pelham Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25 2QX
Received Not publishedNocton County Primary School, School Lane, Nocton, Lincolnshire, LN4 2BJ
Received Not publishedLincoln St Giles Nursery School, Addison Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4LQ
Received Not publishedLong Sutton The Peele School, 84, Little London, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, PE12 9LF
Received Not publishedSpalding Fire Station, West Elloe Avenue, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2BH
Received Not publishedBrauncewell Quarry, Long Lane, Brauncewell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedFormer North Kyme County Primary School, Main Street, North Kyme, Lincolnshire, LN4 4DG
Received Not publishedWest Firsby Oil Production Site, Spridlington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMick George Limited, South Witham Quarry, Mill Lane, South Witham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGrove Farm, Newark Road, Norton Disney, Lincolnshire, LN6 9JW
Received Not publishedLand west of 2 Recycling Ltd, Venture Way, Grantham, NG31 7XS
Received Not publishedWashingborough Foundation Primary School, School Lane, Washingborough, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN4 1BW
Received Not publishedKing Edward VI School, Edward Street, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9LA
Received Not publishedPlots 50-55, Bolingbroke Road, Fairfield Industrial Estate, Louth, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedFormer Airfield, Off Manby Middlegate, Manby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedPublic Open Space, Kitwood Close, Boston
Received Not publishedAngus Energy B Site, Howdales, South Cockerington
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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