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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.
13,902 approved · 903 refused · 522 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Burton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3JY
Received 13 Nov 202366 Roman Pavement Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RD
Received 13 Nov 202330 Whitehall Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1PG
Received 13 Nov 202330 Boultham Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7XZ
Received 13 Nov 2023Site Of 12 Lindum Terrace Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RS
Received 13 Nov 2023Units 3-4 Lincoln Trade Centre Dixon Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7UB
Received 14 Nov 2023307 - 308 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7DR
Received 15 Nov 2023273 - 277 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1JG
Received 15 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To Garage Court Hermit Street Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 15 Nov 2023Sincil Bank Stadium Sincil Bank Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8LD
Received 16 Nov 2023Sincil Bank Stadium Sincil Bank Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8LD
Received 16 Nov 202340 Shearwater Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XA
Received 16 Nov 202342 Clive Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7UH
Received 16 Nov 2023220 - 221 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1TS
Received 17 Nov 2023118 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LA
Received 17 Nov 2023151 High Street And 1 Station Street (Unit 4 And 5 St Marks Shopping Centre) Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7AA
Received 17 Nov 2023151 High Street And 1 Station Street (Units 4 And 5 St Marks Shopping Centre) Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7AA
Received 17 Nov 2023116 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LA
Received 17 Nov 202396 Longdales Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2JT
Received 20 Nov 2023Unit 15 St Marks Shopping Centre High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 20 Nov 2023Unit 15 St Marks Shopping Centre High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 20 Nov 202318 Swaby Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2AH
Received 20 Nov 202332 Broadgate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5AQ
Received 20 Nov 20233 Manor House Gardens Ancaster Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4AY
Received 20 Nov 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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