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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lincoln St Faith & St Martin C of E Junior School, Hampton Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1LW
Received Not publishedLincoln Bishop King C of E Community Primary School, Kingsway, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8EU
Received Not publishedBaston Quarry, Baston Outgang Road, Baston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedWithern St. Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Withern, Lincolnshire, LN13 0NB
Received Not publishedLand to the South of, Red Barn Quarry, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedEducation Suite, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Exhibition, Dogdyke Road, Coningsby
Received Not publishedFriskney All Saints C of E Primary School, Church Road, Friskney, Lincolnshire, PE22 8RD
Received Not publishedSt Andrews CE Primary School, Lincoln Road, Leasingham
Received Not publishedHolywell Quarry, Holywell Road, Careby, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedManby Sewage Treatment Works, Church Lane, Manby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedenvironCom England Ltd, Spittlegate Level, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UH
Received Not publishedLand off the B1189/B1191, part of former RAF Metheringham base, near Martin Moor, Metheringham
Received Not publishedBottle Sorting Plant, Hangar 4, Caenby Corner Industrial Estate, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5TH
Received Not publishedHarmston Quarry, Tower Lane, Harmston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCaistor Church of England and Methodist Primary School, South Dale, Caistor, Lincolnshire, LN7 6LY
Received Not publishedTetney Primary School, Humberston Road, Tetney, Lincolnshire, DN36 5NG
Received Not publishedLand between the A46 Hykeham roundabout and A15 Sleaford Road roundabout
Received Not publishedIngoldsby Primary School, Station Road, Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire, NG33 4HA
Received Not publishedThe Priory Ruskin Academy, The Priory Ruskin Academy, Queensway, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9RA
Received Not published39 St Mary's Street, Stamford
Received Not publishedHome Farm, Rectory Lane, Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, LN9 6JB
Received Not publishedSpalding Academy, Neville Avenue, Spalding
Received Not publishedStamford The Malcolm Sargent Primary School, Empingham Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2SR
Received Not publishedCounty Offices, Newland, Lincoln
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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