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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.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of City of Lincoln Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Lincoln website
19,102 approved · 1,736 refused · 745 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 1998 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Queens Park School, South Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8EW
Received 9 Mar 2000Footpath/Cycle Track West Side Of River Witham From Dixon St To Newark Rd (The Plough P.H. Car Park) Including Altham Terrace, Hall Drive And Boultham Park.
Received 8 Mar 20002 Manor Leas Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8DE
Received 6 Mar 2000Land Adjacent To 3 Alexandra Terrace.
Received 6 Mar 2000Rear Of 85 Newport.
Received 29 Feb 2000341 High Street And The Rear Of 341A High Street.
Received 28 Feb 200021 St. Peters Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7QG
Received 28 Feb 2000The Paddock, Westbrooke Road, Lincoln
Received 25 Feb 2000Lake House, 32 Landmere Grove, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0PD
Received 29 Feb 200065 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8AD
Received 22 Feb 2000Land North West Of Lincoln Road, Lincoln
Received 21 Feb 200017 Hartsholme Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HF
Received 18 Feb 2000The Grandstand, Carholme Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1SE
Received 11 Aug 1999115, Cross Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7XQ
Received 22 Nov 2001St. Matthews Church, Boultham Park Road, Lincoln
Received 10 Oct 2001Land Off Bunkers Hill, Lincoln.
Received 12 Oct 2001New Life Christian Fellowship, Newland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1XG
Received 4 May 2000Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5UA
Received 16 Dec 199975 West Parade, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1QL
Received 24 Dec 19992 Rauceby Terrace, Lincoln.
Received 13 Dec 19992 Goldcrest Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0UX
Received 5 Aug 1999Doctors Surgery, 59 St. Catherines, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8LR
Received 30 Jul 1999Moorlands Club Sportsground, Newark Road, Lincoln.
Received 12 Jan 200025 Bowden Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7LG
Received 19 Jul 1999Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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