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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
19,278 approved · 1,752 refused · 753 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
35 & 37 Spring Hill Lincoln
Received 3 Sept 199845 Mildmay Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3HR
Received 22 Jul 1998Wickes Building Supplies Ltd, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4HU
Received 16 Jul 1998Newport Bakery, Francis Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3EJ
Received 21 Jul 1998Alstom, Pelham Bridge, Lincoln,
Received 21 Jul 19983 Cottesford Place, Lincoln
Received 15 Jul 1998Land At North End Of Woodhall Drive Ermine East.
Received 13 Jul 1998477- 480 High Street (Campions)
Received 7 Jul 1998Land To The East Of Buttermere Close, Lincoln
Received 3 Jul 19988 Hall Drive, Lincoln, LN6 7SG
Received 30 Jun 1998Campions, 477-480 High Street, Lincoln
Received 30 Jun 199824 Guildhall Street, Lincoln, LN1 1TR
Received 25 Jun 1998300 High Street, Lincoln, LN2 1AF
Received 6 Jul 1998Land At Long Leys Road, Lincoln
Received 18 Jun 199824 Guildhall Street, Lincoln, LN1 1TR
Received 17 Jun 1998The Chapel, Edward King House, The Old Palace, Lincoln, LN2 1PU
Received 25 Sept 199864 Monson Street, Lincoln, LN5 7SB
Received 16 Jun 1998300 High Street, Lincoln, LN2 1AF
Received 11 Jun 1998300 High Street, Lincoln, LN2 1AF
Received 11 Jun 1998Land Adjacent To 41 Carholme Road
Received 10 Jun 19981 Theodore Street, Lincoln, LN1 1HW
Received 4 Jun 1998307 High Street, Lincoln
Received 5 Jun 1998Wickes Building Supplies Ltd, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln, LN2 4HU
Received 4 Jun 199811 St. Catherines, Lincoln, LN5 8LN
Received 2 Jun 1998Records 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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