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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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Kesteven District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
675 approved · 13 refused · 24 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Mar 2023 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
50 The Green Welbourn Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 0NJ
Received 23 Feb 202650 The Green Welbourn Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 0NJ
Received 23 Feb 2026Orchard Cottage Back Lane Swarby Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8TL
Received 23 Feb 2026The Mill 38 High Gate Helpringham Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 0RD
Received 23 Feb 2026The Mill 38 High Gate Helpringham Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 0RD
Received 23 Feb 2026Owls Hoot Blind Lane Coleby Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 0AL
Received 23 Feb 202622 Millview Road Heckington Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 9JP
Received 24 Feb 2026Lowfields Farm Somerton Gate Lane Waddington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 9TA
Received 24 Feb 202627 Eastgate Heckington Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 9RB
Received 24 Feb 2026Land At Cranwell Sewage Treatment Works Flowerdown Avenue Cranwell NG34 8HY
Received 24 Feb 2026Holt Cottage 12 Clint Lane Navenby Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 0EX
Received 24 Feb 2026The Priory Academy LSST Cross O Cliff Hill LN5 8PW
Received 25 Feb 202641 Pine Close Waddington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 9UT
Received 25 Feb 202668 Moor Lane North Hykeham Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 9AB
Received 25 Feb 2026The Hollies 3 Eastgate Bassingham Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 9JS
Received 23 Feb 2026Land Off Lincoln Road Metheringham Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 3EE
Received 26 Feb 202665A High Street Heighington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1JS
Received 24 Feb 202627 Station Road Branston Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1LG
Received 26 Feb 20261 Grandfield Way North Hykeham Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 9NZ
Received 24 Feb 202616 Elm Close North Hykeham Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8LT
Received 26 Feb 2026Eagle House Residential Care Home Lincoln Road Eagle Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 9DL
Received 26 Feb 202613 Moor Park Ruskington Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 9AJ
Received 26 Feb 2026Piggery Heath Lane Boothby Graffoe Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 27 Feb 202621 Back Lane Heighington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1RH
Received 24 Feb 2026Records 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 North Kesteven District 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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