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.
9,877 approved · 555 refused · 330 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Gibbeson Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8JP
Received 15 Jun 201883 Longdales Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2JS
Received 13 Jun 2018Former Boultham Dairy Boultham Park Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 15 Jun 2018Site Of Former Ermine Primary School Bilsby Close Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 15 Jun 201810 Hartsholme Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0HF
Received 15 Jun 201812-14 Moor Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1PR
Received 18 Jun 20188 Bruce Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1RN
Received 18 Jun 2018313 Monks Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5LB
Received 18 Jun 2018149 Bunkers Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4QU
Received 18 Jun 2018Land To The Rear Of 229-231 Newark Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 18 Jun 2018Pottergate Lodge Lindum Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1NS
Received 18 Jun 201832 Sunfield Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0LL
Received 18 Jun 2018Fairways 2 Chancery Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8SD
Received 18 Jun 20187 Westwood Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0HG
Received 19 Jun 2018Lincoln House 37-39 Newland Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1YA
Received 19 Jun 2018269 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1JG
Received 20 Jun 2018NCP Car Park Hungate Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 20 Jun 20189 Faldingworth Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3QE
Received 21 Jun 2018Birchwood Leisure Centre Birchwood Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0JE
Received 21 Jun 2018Yarborough Leisure Centre Riseholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 21 Jun 201830 Portland Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7JX
Received 21 Jun 201811 Trollope Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7LR
Received 22 Jun 20188 Abingdon Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3UH
Received 22 Jun 2018141 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1QS
Received 25 Jun 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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