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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Lindum Waste Recovery, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Saxilby
Received Not publishedLand off, Paving Way, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedLand north of Wilsford Heath Waste Management Facility, High Dike, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedMoor BioEnergy, Great North Road, Grantham
Received Not publishedRecycling Warehouse, Nursery Road, Riverside Industrial Estate, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE1 7TN
Received Not publishedWaddingham Estate, DN21 4SS
Received Not published36 St Mary's Street, Stamford
Received Not publishedColsterworth Triangle, Crabtree Road, Colsterworth
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Balderstone Corner, Main Road, Toynton St Peter, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5AJ
Received Not publishedUniversity Academy Holbeach (was St Guthlac School), Postland Road, Crowland, Lincolnshire, PE6 0JA
Received Not publishedLincoln St Christopher's School, Hykeham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8AR
Received Not publishedThe Fortuna Primary School, Kingsdown Road, Doddington Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0FB
Received Not publishedOld Leake Primary School, Old Main Road, Old Leake, PE22 9HR
Received Not publishedMiddlemarsh Landfill Site, Middlemarsh Lane, Burgh le Marsh, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 7AA
Received Not publishedLincolnshire Energy from Waste Facility, Paving Way, North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling Ltd, Land off Honey Pot Lane, North Witham, Grantham
Received Not publishedSt Gilbert C of E Primary School, West Road, Pointon, NG34 0NA
Received Not publishedNew Earth Solutions (West) Ltd, Copper Hill Industrial Estate, Ermine Street, Barkston Heath
Received Not publishedLincolnshire Waste Disposal, Marshall Way, Gainsborough
Received Not publishedBelvoir Way, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 OYP
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to, Colsterworth Landfill Site, Crabtree Road, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire
Received Not published1, Deacon Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedField 9310, The Moors, Wetmoor Lane, Cold Hanworth, Welton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedScothern Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School, Sudbrooke Road, Scothern, Lincolnshire, LN2 2UZ
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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