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.
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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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South View Community Primary School, Postland Road, Crowland
Received Not publishedBarr Farm, Main Road, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3BW
Received Not publishedSwineshead St Marys C of E School, Abbey Road, Swineshead, Lincolnshire, PE20 3EN
Received Not publishedLongwood Quarry, Longwood Lane, Blankney
Received Not publishedThe Priory City of Lincoln Academy, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0EP
Received Not publishedAlford Sewage Treatment Works, off Mill Rundle Walk, Alford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedNettleton Bottom Quarry, B1225, Nettleton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCowley Endowed Primary School, Town Dam Lane, Donington, Spalding, PE11 4TR
Received Not publishedLand off Nocton Fen Lane, Nocton
Received Not publishedSleaford Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, The Drove, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7AT
Received Not publishedNorth Hykeham Ling Moor Primary School, Richmond Drive, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 8QZ
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
Received Not publishedMablethorpe Interagency Centre, Stanley Avenue, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 1DP
Received Not publishedMarket Deeping Library, 93, High Street, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 8ED
Received Not publishedGainsborough Landfill Site, Lea Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLittle Ponton Quarry, Whalebone Lane, Little Ponton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedCaistor Yarborough School, Grimsby Road, Caistor, Lincolnshire, LN7 6QZ
Received Not publishedWilliam Harrison School, Middlefield Lane, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMoor BioEnergy, Great North Road, Grantham
Received Not publishedBarr Farm, Main Road, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3BW
Received Not publishedField 9310, The Moors, Wetmoor Lane, Cold Hanworth, Welton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedRopsley Quarry, Long Hollow, Ropsley
Received Not publishedGlebe and Red House Farm, Fen Road, East Keal, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 4AY
Received Not publishedWilloughby St Helena's Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Willoughby, Lincolnshire, LN13 9NH
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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