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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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St Lawrence School, Bowl Alley Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5EJ
Received Not publishedGreenwaste Site, Elkington, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0SE
Received Not publishedGlobal Auto Salvage Ltd, Lowfields, Tupholme
Received Not publishedLouth Water Recycling Centre, near Keddington Corner, Louth, LN11 7DX
Received Not publishedWhite Hart Hotel, Bailgate, Lincoln
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMuseum of Lincolnshire Life, Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LY
Received Not publishedBourne Skip Hire and Recycling, Cherry Holt Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9LA
Received Not published38 St Marys Street, Stamford
Received Not publishedBourne Robert Manning Technology College, Edinburgh Crescent, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9DT
Received Not publishedWilliam Stukeley C of E Primary School, Spalding Road, Holbeach
Received Not publishedSouth Witham Quarry, Mill Lane, South Witham, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 5QL
Received Not publishedNorth Hykeham Ling Moor Primary School, Richmond Drive, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 8QZ
Received Not publishedGBM Waste Management, Boundary Lane, South Hykeham
Received Not publishedHorseshoe Bridge, Horseshoe Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 3BE
Received Not publishedRiby Compost Site, Former Pea Vining Station, A1173 Riby Road, Riby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMushroom Farm, Boundary Lane, South Hykeham
Received Not publishedStickney William Lovell Church of England School, Main Road, Stickney, Lincolnshire, PE22 8AA
Received Not publishedUniversity Academy Holbeach (was St Guthlac School), Postland Road, Crowland, Lincolnshire, PE6 0JA
Received Not publishedNorth Cotes Church of England Primary School, Sea Lane, North Cotes, Lincolnshire, DN36 5UZ
Received Not publishedSt Michael's Church Of England Primary School, School Lane, Thorpe On The Hill, Lincoln, LN6 9BN
Received Not publishedFormer North Kyme County Primary School, Main Street, North Kyme, Lincolnshire, LN4 4DG
Received Not publishedTiber Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln
Received Not publishedLand off Baston Outgang Road, Baston Outgang Road, Baston, Lincolnshire
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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