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.
9,982 approved · 559 refused · 336 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Shearwater Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0UZ
Received 14 Jan 201940 Clasketgate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1JZ
Received 16 Jan 2019County Offices Newland Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1YG
Received 16 Jan 2019Holiday Inn Lincoln Brayford Wharf North Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1YW
Received 17 Jan 20192 Greestone Place Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1PP
Received 17 Jan 2019Thomas Cooper Memorial Baptist Church High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7RN
Received 18 Jan 2019241 - 247 Monks Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5JT
Received 18 Jan 201923 Lamb Gardens Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4EJ
Received 19 Jan 201997 Boultham Park Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7SE
Received 21 Jan 20198 The Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1PB
Received 21 Jan 2019103 - 104 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7QB
Received 21 Jan 201917 Binbrook Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3QD
Received 18 Jan 2019141 Carholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1RU
Received 22 Jan 201913 Stenigot Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3PA
Received 23 Jan 201933 Sincil Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7ET
Received 23 Jan 201934 Sincil Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7ET
Received 23 Jan 20191 Cottesford Place Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QF
Received 23 Jan 2019Site Of Units C-E St Marks Retail Park Lincoln LN5 7EX
Received 24 Jan 2019Site Of Units C-E St Marks Retail Park Lincoln LN5 7EX
Received 24 Jan 2019274 - 277 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1JG
Received 24 Jan 20198 Coulson Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7AT
Received 24 Jan 2019117 Boultham Park Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7SE
Received 25 Jan 2019Homebase, Lidl Outlet, Toppstiles And Part Of Bhs (Units C, D ,E) St Marks Retail Park Lincoln LN5 7EX
Received 25 Jan 2019Lord Tennyson House 72 Rasen Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 25 Jan 2019Records 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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