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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Received Not publishedGreat Steeping Primary School, Station Road, Great Steeping, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5PT
Received Not publishedFriskney All Saints C of E Primary School, Church Road, Friskney, Lincolnshire, PE22 8RD
Received Not publishedSutton-on-Sea Community Primary School, Station Road, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire, LN12 2HU
Received Not publishedSkegness Academy, Burgh Road, PE25 2QH
Received Not publishedThe Priory City of Lincoln Academy, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0EP
Received Not publishedSouth Thoresby Quarry, Greenfield Lane, South Thoresby
Received Not publishedMartin Mrs Mary Kings Church of England Primary School, Linwood Road, Martin, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN4 3RA
Received Not publishedLand at, Riverside Industrial Estate, Marsh Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedScampton South Wellsite, Horncastle Lane, Grange de Lings, Lincolnshire, LN1 2SF
Received Not publishedGrantham Belton Lane Community Primary School, Green Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9PP
Received Not publishedHemswell Biogas AD Plant, Hemswell Cliff Industrial Estate, Hemswell Cliff
Received Not publishedNew Earth Solutions (West) Ltd, Building No.3, Roe House, Boundary Lane, South Hykeham
Received Not publishedBrant Broughton Pre-School, Mill Lane, Brant Broughton, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 0RP
Received Not publishedBurgh Le Marsh Windmill, High Street, Burgh Le Marsh
Received Not publishedNorton Disney Quarry, Butt Lane, Norton Disney, Lincolnshire, LN6 7JT
Received Not publishedJohnston Quarry Group, Creeton Quarry, Little Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4QG
Received Not publishedHolywell Quarry, Holywell Road, Careby, Stamford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand to the south east of Ancaster Quarry, Ancaster Quarry, King Street, Heydour, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedNorth Thoresby Primary School, High Street, North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, DN36 5PL
Received Not publishedDunston Quarry, B1188 Lincoln Road, Dunston, Lincoln
Received Not publishedLand at Leafbridge, Station Road, North Hykeham
Received Not publishedMonks Abbey County Primary School, Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5PF
Received Not publishedRichmond Lodge, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough
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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