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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3,230 approved · 125 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Horncastle Community Primary School, Bowl Alley Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5EH
Received Not publishedOsgodby County Primary School, Main Street, Osgodby
Received Not publishedGrantham Spitalgate Church of England Primary School, Trent Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7XQ
Received Not publishedField off, Nocton Fen Lane, Nocton, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedNorth Hykeham Landfill Site, Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QZ
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling Limited, Station Road, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EW
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Kirton Road, Blyton
Received Not publishedAnaerobic Digestion, Learoyd Road, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, DN21 5TU
Received Not publishedWest Firsby Oil Production Site, Spridlington, Lincolnshire
Received Not publishedMid UK Recycling Ltd, Copper Hill Industrial Estate, Ermine Street, Barkston Heath, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3PY
Received Not publishedSwineshead Sewage Treatment Works, Station Road, Swineshead
Received Not publishedBaston Asphalt, Cross Road, Baston, Lincolnshire, PE6 9QA
Received Not publishedLincoln The Priory LSST School, Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8PW
Received Not publishedHolywell Quarry, Holywell Road, Careby
Received Not publishedLand between the A46 Hykeham Roundabout and A15 Sleaford Road Roundabout
Received Not publishedConingsby St Michael's C of E Primary School, School Lane, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, LN4 4SJ
Received Not publishedSpalding Primary School, Woolram Wygate, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1PB
Received Not publishedCorringham C of E (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, Middle Street, Corringham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5QS
Received Not publishedNorton Disney Quarry, Butt Lane, Norton Disney, Lincolnshire, LN6 7JT
Received Not publishedSt Michael's Church Of England Primary School, School Lane, Thorpe On The Hill, Lincoln, LN6 9BN
Received Not publishedNorth Hykeham Landfill Site, Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QZ
Received Not publishedSt Lawrence School, Bowl Alley Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5EJ
Received Not publishedLand off, Balderstone Corner, Main Road, Toynton St Peter, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, PE23 5AY
Received Not publishedPMK Recycling, Recycling Plant, Baston Outgang Road, Baston
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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