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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675 approved · 13 refused · 24 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6 Chestnut Grove Waddington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 9BJ
Received 1 May 20264 Meadow Lane Leasingham Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8LL
Received 5 May 2026Land At Lincoln Road And Ferry Lane Washingborough Lincoln LN4 1AA
Received 5 May 2026Land To The Rear And Side Of Holly House Farm Gainsborough Road Girton Newark Lincolnshire NG23 7HX
Received 5 May 20265 The Old Stackyard Heighington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1RF
Received 28 Apr 2026Witham St Hughs Phase III East Of Camp Road And North Of Hannah Crescent Witham St Hugh's Lincolnshire LN6 9GD
Received 6 May 2026Land To The Rear Of 3 Juniper Way Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 7GP
Received 29 Apr 2026Land South Of A17 East Heckington
Received 5 May 20262 High Street Waddington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 9RF
Received 30 Apr 2026Stamford Lodge Chapel Lane Heighington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1RS
Received 6 May 202651A Waterloo Lane Skellingthorpe Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 5SN
Received 7 May 2026Stone House Mill Lane Heighington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1QL
Received 7 May 202649 Kyme Road Heckington Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 9RS
Received 7 May 20263 High Street Osbournby Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 0DN
Received 6 May 202638 Sleaford Road Cranwell Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8BY
Received 1 May 2026Beckside House 5 Beckside Scopwick Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 3NX
Received 7 May 20267 School Lane Washingborough Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1BL
Received 8 May 2026The Old Vicarage 32 Fen Road Timberland Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 3SD
Received 5 May 20262 Eastfield Bassingham Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 9JT
Received 7 May 202634 High Street Navenby Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 0DZ
Received 11 May 202614 Manor Close Welbourn Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 0NA
Received 7 May 2026High Meadow Thackers Lane Branston Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1LT
Received 7 May 2026Blacksmiths Cottage 3 Main Street Nocton Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 2BH
Received 11 May 202657 Grantham Road Waddington Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 9LS
Received 11 May 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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