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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of Lincoln Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,755 approved · 543 refused · 323 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Dec 2012 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elm House 9 - 13 Monks Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5HL
Received 6 Mar 201813 Nelthorpe Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7SJ
Received 7 Mar 2018Morrison Supermarket Centaur Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7QL
Received 7 Mar 2018Moorings Brayford Pool Campus Way Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 7 Mar 20185 Mayfair Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7SH
Received 7 Mar 2018Quarry House 9C Sewell Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RY
Received 7 Mar 20182 West Bight Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3BE
Received 7 Mar 20183 Minster Yard Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1PJ
Received 7 Mar 2018Precentory 16 Minster Yard Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1PX
Received 7 Mar 2018Lincoln Central Railway Station St Marys Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7EW
Received 9 Mar 201827 Buttery Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8SL
Received 9 Mar 201877 Hartsholme Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0HQ
Received 9 Mar 2018Land North Of Deacon Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4JE
Received 9 Mar 2018Site Of Former Lincoln Social Education Centre Long Leys Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1EG
Received 9 Mar 2018112 Longdales Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2JT
Received 12 Mar 20184 Crane Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7SN
Received 12 Mar 20187 Windermere Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4UA
Received 12 Mar 201816 Drury Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3BN
Received 13 Mar 2018Unit 3 Corn Exchange Building Cornhill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7HE
Received 13 Mar 2018189 Boultham Park Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7SQ
Received 13 Mar 2018Land At 111 Sadler Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 14 Mar 201818 Shaftesbury Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0QN
Received 14 Mar 201828-30 The Dell Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4PD
Received 14 Mar 20183 Bruce Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1RN
Received 14 Mar 2018Records 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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