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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Hartsholme Primary School, Carrington Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0DE
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling Limited, Unit 2, Whitley Way, Northfields Industrial Estate, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand to the North of: Kirton Road, Blyton, DN21 3PE
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, Tallington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGrange Farm, Fen Road, Toynton St Peter, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5DD
Received Not publishedHarmston Quarry, Tower Lane, Harmston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, Tallington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand north of Wilsford Heath Waste Management Facility, High Dike, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedKirkby on Bain Landfill, Tattershall Road, Kirkby on Bain, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6YN
Received Not publishedLand at former airfield, East Kirkby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSkegness Fire Station, Churchill Avenue, Skegness
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling Limited, Station Road, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedSibsey Free Primary School, Old Main Road, Sibsey, Lincolnshire, PE22 0RR
Received Not publishedScrapyard, Lealand Way, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7PA
Received Not publishedSleaford Carre's Grammar School, Northgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7DD
Received Not publishedLouth King Edward VI Grammar School, Edward Street, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9LL
Received Not publishedGrantham Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary School, Gonerby Hill Foot, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8HQ
Received Not publishedMansgate Chalk Quarry, Mansgate Hill, Nettleton
Received Not publishedSt Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Woad Farm Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 0EF
Received Not publishedSwinderby Quarry, Camp Road, Witham St Hughs, Lincoln, LN6 9TW
Received Not publishedBoston Staniland School, Peck Avenue, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8DF
Received Not publishedSouth Witham Quarry, Mill Lane, South Witham
Received Not publishedKeily House, Gresley Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8FG
Received Not publishedAngel Wells Farm, Morkery Lane, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4SW
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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