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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Boston Focus One Youth Centre, Mill Road, Boston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedStowgate and Wards Farm, Deeping St James, Peterborough
Received Not published34 Bailgate, Lincoln
Received Not publishedLand to the east of the Manor Pit Plant Site, Outgang Road, Baston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedBoston John Fielding School, 34, Ashlawn Drive, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9PX
Received Not publishedBoston Hawthorn Tree School, Toot Lane, Fishtoft, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 0PT
Received Not publishedLand between the A46 Hykeham Roundabout and A15 Sleaford Road Roundabout
Received Not publishedBowmans Business Park, Mill Road, Addlethorpe, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 4TB
Received Not publishedBeech House Farm, Langrick, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 7AW
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling Limited, Unit 2, Whitley Way, Northfields Industrial Estate, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedThe Fortuna Primary School, Kingsdown Road, Doddington Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0FB
Received Not publishedDunston Quarry, Lincoln Road, Dunston
Received Not publishedLouth Cordeaux School, North Holme Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0HG
Received Not publishedBanovallum School, Boston Road, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 6DA
Received Not publishedDisused Airfield, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLindum Waste Recovery, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Saxilby
Received Not publishedThe Beacon Childrens Centre, Sandon Close, Grantham, NG31 9AX
Received Not publishedLutton St Nicholas Primary School, Marriots Gate, Lutton, Lincolnshire, PE12 9HN
Received Not publishedCopper Hill Quarry, B6403, High Dike, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedLand between the A46 Hykeham Roundabout and A15 Sleaford Road Roundabout
Received Not publishedLaurel Lodge Farm, Hurn Road, Holbeach Hurn
Received Not publishedDeeping Gate Tree Nurseries, Northfield Road East, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 8GX
Received Not publishedMablethorpe Primary Academy, High Street, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 1EW
Received Not publishedLand east of junction between, Hawthorn Road and St Augustine Road, Lincoln, 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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