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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Minerva House, Park Road, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 7PT
Received Not publishedLand attached to Glebe Farm, off Fen Lane, East Keal
Received Not publishedStamford Library, High Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE09 2BB
Received Not publishedBillingborough Primary School, Victoria Street, Billingborough, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 0NX
Received Not publishedConingsby St Michael's C of E Primary School, School Lane, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, LN4 4SJ
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
Received Not publishedCounty Offices, Newland, Lincoln
Received Not publishedSt Lawrence School, Bowl Alley Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5EJ
Received Not publishedKirton Primary School, Station Road, Kirton, Lincolnshire, PE20 1HY
Received Not published., Church Avenue/Burgh Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLong Bennington Church of England Academy, Main Road, Long Bennington, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG23 5EH
Received Not publishedLincoln St Peter in Eastgate C of E Infants School, Greetwellgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AW
Received Not publishedThe Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School, Bristol Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7UE
Received Not publishedMid Uk Recycling, Station Road, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedLand to the north of, Scotter Road, Laughton
Received Not publishedLand east of King Street, West Deeping, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedDecoy Farm, Spalding Road, Crowland, Peterborough, PE6 0LX
Received Not publishedBullimores Plant Hire Ltd, Mays Road, Pinfold Industrial Estate, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9HT
Received Not publishedKnown as Sykes Field, Field No 6445, Saddleback Road, Howdales, Saltfleetby, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 7DJ
Received Not publishedHolbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary School, St Mark's Road, Holbeach St Marks, Lincolnshire, PE12 8DZ
Received Not publishedBrauncewell Quarry, Long Lane, Brauncewell, sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 8RL
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln
Received Not published5, All Saints Place, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2AG
Received Not publishedMuseum of Lincolnshire Life, Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LY
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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