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.
9,176 approved · 516 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
The Islamic Association Of Lincoln Dixon Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7DA
Received 2 Jun 2017Commerce House 30 Outer Circle Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4HY
Received 30 May 2017Unit 3 Lincoln Trade Centre Dixon Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7UB
Received 2 Jun 20174 Wigsley Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LA
Received 5 Jun 201730 John Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5BH
Received 5 Jun 2017Land At Ingleby Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2AS
Received 5 Jun 201714 Dellfield Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0EQ
Received 6 Jun 201764 Moorland Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7NL
Received 7 Jun 201718 Smith Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8HY
Received 7 Jun 2017Lincoln Cycle Hub St Marys Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7EW
Received 7 Jun 201724 And 26 St Catherines Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 8 Jun 20174 Well Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1NA
Received 8 Jun 201774 Rasen Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3HD
Received 8 Jun 2017The Coach House Danesgate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1ND
Received 9 Jun 2017Former John K King & Sons Plant Liquid Extraction Facility Skellingthorpe Road Lincoln
Received 9 Jun 201717 Locking Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3NZ
Received 9 Jun 201765 Western Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7SR
Received 12 Jun 2017Site Of Former Ermine Primary School Bilsby Close Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 12 Jun 20178 Marjorie Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7SD
Received 12 Jun 201723 Hawkshead Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4XB
Received 12 Jun 20174 St Peter At Arches Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1AJ
Received 12 Jun 201714 Chelsea Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XF
Received 13 Jun 2017202 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LY
Received 13 Jun 2017Land To The Rear Of 229-231 Newark Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 13 Jun 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage