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.
11,567 approved · 644 refused · 373 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 May 2009 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Westcliffe Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3TZ
Received 9 May 20226 Granely Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1WA
Received 9 May 202265 Albion Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1EB
Received 9 May 2022Car Park Lincoln University Campus Way Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7TS
Received 10 May 202270 Hykeham Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8AB
Received 11 May 2022Lincoln College Of Art And Design Christs Hospital Terrace Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1LY
Received 11 May 2022Land To Rear Of Wilco Motosave 246 Newark Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8RP
Received 11 May 202226 Lindholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RQ
Received 12 May 20228 Abingdon Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3UH
Received 12 May 2022The Priory Academy Lsst Cross O'Cliff Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8PW
Received 12 May 202295 Sadler Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RS
Received 12 May 2022Greetwell Nursing Home 68-70 Greetwell Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4BA
Received 12 May 2022Site Of 20 Carline Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 12 May 202238 Nettleham Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1RE
Received 13 May 2022224 Nettleham Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4DH
Received 16 May 20228 Cottesmore Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RH
Received 16 May 20224 Abingdon Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3UH
Received 17 May 2022Hartsholme Country Park Hartsholme Park Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 17 May 202217 Hamilton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8ED
Received 17 May 20224 Nettleham Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1RE
Received 29 Mar 202218 Jacobean Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RB
Received 18 May 2022Todson House Beaumont Fee Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1UP
Received 19 May 2022Block 4 Avro Court Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 19 May 20222 James Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QE
Received 19 May 2022Records 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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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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