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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
Received Not publishedMansgate Quarry, High Street, B1225, Nettleton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBarr Farm, Main Road, Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, PE11 3BW
Received Not publishedBoiling Wells Farm, South Rauceby, Lincolnshire, NG34 8QX
Received Not publishedWilsford Heath Materials Recycling Facility, High Dike, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedCounty Offices, Newland, Lincoln LN1 1YL
Received Not publishedSaltfleetby B Wellsite, Howdales, South Cockerington
Received Not publishedBlue Sky Plastics Ltd, South Fen Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0DN
Received Not publishedStamford The Malcolm Sargent Primary School, Empingham Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2SR
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Smithfield Road, North Kelsey Moor, Market Rasen
Received Not publishedCaistor Church of England and Methodist Primary School, South Dale, Caistor, Lincolnshire, LN7 6LY
Received Not publishedCow Bank Lane, Skegness
Received Not publishedLincoln The Meadows (formerly Lowfields Junior School), Calder Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 9BB
Received Not publishedHorncastle Community Primary School, Bowl Alley Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5EH
Received Not publishedSpalding Primary School, Woolram Wygate, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1PB
Received Not publishedBarff Farm, Caenby, Lincolnshire, LN8 2AG
Received Not publishedTraynors, The Boundary, Gorse Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UE
Received Not publishedThe Priory Witham Academy, De Wint Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DT
Received Not publishedGlentworth Water Recycling Centre (WRC), Kexby Road, Glentworth
Received Not publishedUniversity Academy Holbeach (was St Guthlac School), Postland Road, Crowland, Lincolnshire, PE6 0JA
Received Not publishedSwinderby Quarry, Camp Road, Witham St Hughs, Lincoln, LN6 9TW
Received Not publishedBracebridge Heath St John's Primary School, Grantham Road, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN4 2LD
Received Not publishedCorby Glen Community Primary School, Corby Glen, Lincolnshire, NG33 4NW
Received Not publishedLong Sutton Primary School, Dick Turpin Way, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, PE12 9EP
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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