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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Saxilby Church of England Primary School, Highfield Road, Saxilby, Lincolnshire, LN1 2QJ
Received Not publishedWhisby Quarry, Eagle Road, Whisby, Lincolnshire, LN6 9BT
Received Not publishedLaburnum House, Main Road, Langrick, Lincolnshire, PE22 7AN
Received Not publishedBourne Westfield Primary Academy, Westbourne Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9QS
Received Not published266, Kind Bar, High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1HW
Received Not publishedSt Gilbert's Church of England Primary School, Foundry Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2PP
Received Not publishedIntergreen Flower Distribution Office, Flower Distribution Centre, Washway Road, Fleet
Received Not publishedLand South of Langtoft Outgang Road, Langtoft Outgang Road, Langtoft, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSir John Gleed School, Neville Avenue, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2EJ
Received Not publishedTennyson High School, Seaholme Road, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 2DF
Received Not publishedSturgate Airfield, Cow Lane, Upton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5PB
Received Not publishedColsterworth Triangle, Crabtree Road, Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedWestmoor Farm, North Kelsey Road, Caistor, Market Rasen, LN7 6SF
Received Not publishedFour Acre Farm, South Fen Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMid Uk Recycling, Station Road, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedEnvironcom Ltd, Great North Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UH
Received Not publishedLand off, Paving Way, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand to the south of, Baston No. 2 Quarry, Langtoft Outgang Road, Langtoft, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln
Received Not publishedEnvironcom Ltd, Great North Road, Grantham
Received Not publishedNorton Low Wood, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand north of Wilsford Heath Waste Management Facility, High Dike, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedPlot 14, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Saxilby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedWelton Gathering Centre, Barfield Lane, Sudbrooke, Lincolnshire, LN2 2QU
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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