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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Spilsby Primary School, Woodlands Avenue, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5EP
Received Not publishedLeverton Fire Station, Main Road, Leverton, Lincolnshire, PE22 0BB
Received Not publishedLand to the South of, Tillbridge Lane, Scampton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedTheddlethorpe Gas Terminal, Theddlethorpe St Helen, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 1NQ
Received Not publishedBrauncewell Quarry, Long Lane, Brauncewell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedSite off Church Lane, Pickworth, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedNew Bridge Farm, New Bridge Tack And Feeds, New Road, Wainfleet, PE24 4LB
Received Not publishedCopper Hill Quarry, B6403, High Dike, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedLincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln
Received Not publishedStickney Church Of England Primary School, Main Road, Stickney
Received Not publishedDeeping St James Linchfield Community Primary School, Crowson Way, Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, PE6 8EY
Received Not publishedNorth Hykeham Landfill Site, Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QZ
Received Not publishedThe Beacon Children's Centre, Sandon Close, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AX
Received Not publishedMushroom Farm, Boundary Lane, South Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 9NQ
Received Not publishedGainsborough Old Hall, Parnell Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2NB
Received Not publishedWestmoor Farm Fishery, North Kelsey Road, Caistor
Received Not publishedWrangle Primary School, Main Road, Wrangle, PE22 9AS
Received Not publishedGrantham Ambergate School, Dysart Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7LP
Received Not publishedBrant Broughton Preschool, Mill Lane, Brant Broughton
Received Not publishedFormer QFC building, off Swingbridge Road, Grantham, NG31 7XT
Received Not publishedReed Point, Spalding Road, Sutterton, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE20 2EP
Received Not publishedMid Uk Recycling Ltd, Caythorpe MRF, Heath Lane, Caythorpe, Grantham, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedFour Acre Farm, South Fen Road, Bourne
Received Not publishedProposed North Sea Observatory, Chapel Point, Chapel St. Leonards, PE24 5XA
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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