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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Gainsborough Sewage Treatment Works, Lea Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGrantham Ambergate School, Dysart Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7LP
Received Not publishedProposed Lincoln North Primary School, Carlton Boulevard, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLaburnum House, Main Road, Langrick, Lincolnshire, PE22 7AN
Received Not publishedBattle of Britain Memorial Flight Premises, Dogdyke Road, Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSevern Trent Water Ltd, Heapham Road Sewage Pumping Station, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1PT
Received Not publishedRopsley Church Of England, Primary School, School Lane, Ropsley, NG33 4BT
Received Not publishedPark Farm, Gainsborough Road, Willingham By Stow, Gainsborough, DN21 5JX
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, King Street, West Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 9JB
Received Not publishedLaurel Lodge Farm, Hurn Road, Holbeach Hurn
Received Not publishedThe Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School, Bristol Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7UE
Received Not publishedMid Uk Recycling Ltd, Caythorpe MRF, Heath Lane, Caythorpe, Grantham, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedEagle Community Primary School, Scarle Lane, Eagle, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 9EJ
Received Not publishedBlue Sky Plastics Ltd, South Fen Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0DN
Received Not publishedGlory Hole walkway, Lincoln
Received Not publishedWest Firsby Oil Production Site, Spridlington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedNorton Disney Quarry, Tonge's Farm, Swinderby Road, Norton Disney, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedQueen Elizabeth High School, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough
Received Not publishedLand east of King Street, West Deeping, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand West of B1192, Adjacent to Premier Composite, Langrick Road, Brothertoft, Lincolnshire, PE20 3SG
Received Not publishedThe first footbridge on Main Street, East of the Royal Oak Pub, Scopwick
Received Not publishedGreenwaste Site, Elkington, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0SE
Received Not publishedBassingham Primary School, Lincoln Road, Bassingham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 9HQ
Received Not publishedNettleton Community School, Moortown Road, Nettleton, Lincolnshire, LN7 6AA
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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