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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Scampton Church of England Primary School, High Street, Scampton, Lincolnshire, LN1 2SD
Received Not publishedManor (Pit) Farm, Baston Outgang Road, Baston, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, PE6 9PT
Received Not publishedBridge 09/17/91A, Old Tollgate Bridge, Waddingham Road, South Kelsey, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMiddle Rasen County Primary School, North Street, Middle Rasen
Received Not publishedKeily House, Gresley Road, Louth
Received Not publishedGrantham The King's School, Brook Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6RP
Received Not publishedCopper Hill Quarry, High Dike, Ancaster
Received Not publishedCastle Quarry, Sleaford Road, Ancaster
Received Not publishedManor Farm, Land to the east of A1133, Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire, LN1 2JR
Received Not publishedGelder Ltd, Tillbridge Lane, Sturton by Stow, LN1 2DS
Received Not publishedEastgate Centre, Eastgate, Sleaford, NG34 7EE
Received Not publishedDeepings Community Library, 93 High Street, Market Deeping
Received Not publishedLincoln HQ Fire Station, South Park Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8EL
Received Not publishedDecoy Farm, Spalding Road, Crowland, Peterborough, PE6 0LX
Received Not publishedGlebe Stone Sales Ltd, Glebe Quarry, Wilsford, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedGreentech Ltd, Horncastle Lane, Grange de Lings, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 3QF
Received Not publishedColsterworth Triangle, Crabtree Road, Colsterworth
Received Not publishedGrantham Waste Transfer Station, Occupation Road, Great Gonerby
Received Not publishedLand to the east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedHaven High Technology College, Marian Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 9HB
Received Not publishedWilloughby St Helena's Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Willoughby, Lincolnshire, LN13 9NH
Received Not publishedStickney Church of England Primary School, Main Road, Stickney, Lincolnshire, PE22 8AX
Received Not publishedSleaford Water Recycling Centre, Bonemill Lane, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7BH
Received Not publishedStamford Library, High Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE09 2BB
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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