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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Mary's Church of England Primary School, Abbey Road, Swineshead, Lincolnshire, PE20 3EN
Received Not publishedLincolnshire Secure Unit, Rookery Avenue, Sleaford, NG34 7TY
Received Not publishedGreentech Ltd, Horncastle Lane, Grange de Lings, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 3QF
Received Not publishedTraynors, The Boundary, Gorse Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UE
Received Not publishedFosse Way Primary School, Ash Grove, North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8DU
Received Not publishedTollemach Road South, Grantham
Received Not publishedLand attached to Glebe Farm, off Fen Lane, East Keal
Received Not publishedLand between the A46 Hykeham Roundabout and A15 Sleaford Road Roundabout
Received Not publishedGosberton House School, Westhorpe Road, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, PE11 4EW
Received Not publishedLand runs parallel to Vernatt's Drain and is bound by the B1356 Spalding Road to the east, Spalding
Received Not publishedLincoln Kingsdown Nursery School, Kingsdown Road, Doddington Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0FB
Received Not publishedPlot off, Spratt Close, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 6SB
Received Not publishedWest Deeping Quarry, Tallington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLincoln Central Library, Free School Lane, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1EZ
Received Not publishedGreentech Management Services Ltd, Horncastle Lane, Grange de Lings, Lincolnshire, LN2 3QF
Received Not publishedMID UK Recycling Ltd, Station Road, Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedSouth Witham Quarry, Mill Lane, South Witham, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 5QL
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AA
Received Not publishedLouth Lacey Gardens Junior School, Lacey Gardens, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8DH
Received Not publishedStation Quarry, Dallygate Lane, Great Ponton, Lincolnshire, NG33 5DY
Received Not publishedAngel Wells Farm, Morkery Lane, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4SW
Received Not publishedLand to the South of, Red Barn Quarry, Castle Bytham
Received Not publishedCounty Offices, Newland, Lincoln
Received Not publishedColsterworth Landfill Site, Woolsthorpe Road, Colsterworth
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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