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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.
13,784 approved · 885 refused · 511 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Oct 2006 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75A West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1QL
Received 9 Oct 2023325 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7DW
Received 9 Oct 202327 Sincil Bank Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7TJ
Received 10 Oct 202324 Bailgate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3AP
Received 10 Oct 20237 Stenigot Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3PF
Received 10 Oct 2023Phase 1A (parcels A1 And A1a) Western Growth Corridor Skellingthorpe Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 10 Oct 20234 East Bight Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QH
Received 5 Oct 20233 Limelands Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4AR
Received 11 Oct 2023Pentagon Motor Group Tritton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7QY
Received 11 Oct 202330 Whitehall Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1PG
Received 11 Oct 202367 Hartsholme Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0HQ
Received 11 Oct 202311 Chancery Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8SD
Received 11 Oct 202340 - 42 Michaelgate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3BT
Received 11 Oct 20231 Castle Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3AA
Received 12 Oct 2023Lincoln Bowl Washingborough Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 1EF
Received 12 Oct 202361 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1QL
Received 12 Oct 2023Bailgate And Steep Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3AP
Received 12 Oct 202316 Stenigot Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3PF
Received 9 Oct 20231 Castle Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3AA
Received 13 Oct 2023471 - 480 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8JB
Received 13 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To Yarborough Leisure Centre Riseholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 13 Oct 2023151 High Street And 1 Station Street (Units 4 And 5 St Marks Shopping Centre) Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7AA
Received 16 Oct 2023151 High Street And 1 Station Street (Units 4 And 5 St Marks Shopping Centre) Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7AA
Received 16 Oct 202384 - 86 Great Northern Terrace Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8HJ
Received 16 Oct 2023Records 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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