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.
10,411 approved · 580 refused · 343 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Dec 2011 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Abingdon Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3UH
Received 20 Nov 20196 Lindum Terrace Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RP
Received 20 Nov 20193 Foxes Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7AJ
Received 21 Nov 20193 St Peter At Arches Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1AJ
Received 21 Nov 20193 St Peter At Arches Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1AJ
Received 21 Nov 2019Lincoln Minster School Upper Lindum Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RW
Received 21 Nov 2019Land Adjacent To Yarborough Leisure Centre Riseholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 21 Nov 201956 Nettleham Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1RH
Received 22 Nov 20194 Gregg Hall Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8AH
Received 25 Nov 20196 Bullingham Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4RW
Received 25 Nov 2019Land Adjacent To Wyvern House Kesteven Street Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 25 Nov 201977 Larchwood Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0NH
Received 25 Nov 201937 Belle Vue Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1HH
Received 25 Nov 201918 Wainwell Mews Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4BF
Received 25 Nov 201920 Wainwell Mews Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4BF
Received 25 Nov 20191 Southland Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8AU
Received 25 Nov 2019Land To The Rear Of 110 Longdales Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2JT
Received 26 Nov 201918 St Michaels Terrace Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3BZ
Received 27 Nov 2019Land At Beevor Street / Poplar Avenue Lincoln
Received 28 Nov 2019396 Monks Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5PZ
Received 28 Nov 20197 James Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QE
Received 29 Nov 201910 Buttery Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8SL
Received 29 Nov 201918 Gresham Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1QA
Received 29 Nov 2019128-130 Carholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1SH
Received 29 Nov 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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