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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Swinderby Sewage Treatment Works, Moor Lane, Thurlby
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedAllington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary School, Marston Lane, Allington, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 2DY
Received Not publishedInvicta Works, Houghton Road, Grantham
Received Not publishedKing Edward VI School, Edward Street, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9LA
Received Not publishedStamford Stone Company, Holywell Quarry, Holywell Road, Careby, Stamford, Lincolnshire, LE12 7SQ
Received Not publishedRiby Compost Site, Former Pea Vining Station, A1173 Riby Road, Riby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSouth Hykeham Primary School, Wath Lane, South Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 9PG
Received Not publishedThe Priory City of Lincoln Academy, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0EP
Received Not publishedScheme known as East West Link Road, Land at Tentercroft Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedThorpe-on-the-Hill St Michael's C of E Primary School, School Lane, Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire, LN6 9BN
Received Not publishedGrantham Spitalgate Church of England Primary School, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHighways Depot, Manby Middlegate, Grimoldby
Received Not publishedNorton Bottoms Quarry, Stapleford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHarmston Quarry, Tower Lane, Harmston
Received Not publishedGlobal Auto Salvage Ltd, Lowfields, Tupholme
Received Not publishedCreeton Quarry, Creeton, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4QG
Received Not publishedThe Skirbeck Bulk Store and Engineering Workshop, 37, Skirbeck Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 6BN
Received Not publishedWhisby Quarry (adjacent to Swinderby Road and Beehive Lane), Whisby
Received Not publishedLand off Cross Lane and Barff Lane, north east of Vida Bioenergy AD Facility, Glentham
Received Not publishedMushroom Farm, Boundary Lane, South Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 8JU
Received Not publishedNew Earth Solutions (West) Ltd, Copper Hill Industrial Estate, Ermine Street, Barkston Heath
Received Not publishedToynton All Saints County Primary School, Main Road, Toynton All Saints, PE23 5AQ
Received Not publishedPrinces Limited, Bridge Road, Long Sutton, Spalding, PE12 9EQ
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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