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 · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of Lincoln Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,660 approved · 483 refused · 284 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Dec 2012 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sub Deanery 18 Minster Yard Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1PX
Received 20 Sept 2016100 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7QB
Received 21 Sept 2016City Crematorium Washingborough Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1EF
Received 20 Sept 2016Commerce House 30 Outer Circle Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4HY
Received 21 Sept 2016314-315 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7DR
Received 21 Sept 2016Boultham Park Boultham Park Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 21 Sept 201618 Drury Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3BN
Received 22 Sept 20163 Euston Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XG
Received 22 Sept 20166 Tennyson Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LZ
Received 23 Sept 2016Redlands 1 Doddington Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7EN
Received 26 Sept 2016151 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7AA
Received 26 Sept 2016Lincoln College Monks Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5HQ
Received 26 Sept 201667 Gregg Hall Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8AQ
Received 26 Sept 2016Boole Technology Centre Beevor Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7AF
Received 27 Sept 2016Former Ermine Primary School Bilsby Close Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 27 Sept 2016Land At Blankney Crescent Lincoln LN2 2EP
Received 27 Sept 20161 Jacobean Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RB
Received 28 Sept 2016160 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LF
Received 28 Sept 2016164 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LF
Received 28 Sept 201688 Skellingthorpe Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7QZ
Received 28 Sept 201626-30 Newland Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1XG
Received 29 Sept 20168 Harlaxton Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3NP
Received 28 Sept 2016386 Burton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3XD
Received 28 Sept 201692 Yarborough Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3LX
Received 30 Sept 2016Records 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 City of Lincoln 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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