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.
9,063 approved · 511 refused · 302 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Dec 2012 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hartsholme Primary School Carrington Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0DE
Received 21 Mar 2017Situated At 36 Locations From Burton Road To The North And St. Marks Square To The South As Shown On Map Submitted With Application
Received 22 Mar 2017131 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1QS
Received 21 Mar 2017106 Yarborough Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1HR
Received 24 Mar 201718 Drury Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3BN
Received 22 Mar 2017Land At Westbrooke Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7TB
Received 24 Mar 2017100 Yarborough Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3LX
Received 26 Mar 20179 Manton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2JL
Received 24 Mar 2017Swallowbeck Methodist Church Newark Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 22 Mar 201724 Queensway Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4AH
Received 27 Mar 201750 Eastbrook Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7EP
Received 28 Mar 20178 Unity Square Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5AJ
Received 28 Mar 201727 Stonefield Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QL
Received 28 Mar 2017St Mark's Shopping Centre Lincoln LN5 7EX
Received 28 Mar 2017Land Adjacent To 70 Mill Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 29 Mar 201742 -72 (even), 53 And 55 Drake Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1PP
Received 29 Mar 2017Home Farm Boultham Park Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7ST
Received 30 Mar 2017168 Sadler Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RS
Received 30 Mar 20174 Uldale Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XB
Received 24 Mar 201721 Hungate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1ES
Received 30 Mar 2017Jasmin Green Jasmin Road Recreational Land Jasmin Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 31 Mar 2017Unit 4 Valentine Retail Park Valentine Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7BH
Received 31 Mar 201725 Stonefield Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QL
Received 31 Mar 2017The Poplars And The Crossways Beaumont Fee Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1EZ
Received 1 Apr 2017Records 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 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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