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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
19,280 approved · 1,752 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Battle Hayward & Bower Ltd, Crofton Drive, Lincoln, LN3 4NP
Received 24 Apr 1998Land To Rear Of 5/6 Eastgate
Received 16 Feb 1998Rix Filling Stationskellingthorpe Road
Received 16 Feb 1998Doughty's Mill, Waterside South, Lincoln
Received 16 Feb 199882 Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LJ
Received 13 Feb 1998Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE
Received 6 Feb 1998Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE
Received 6 Feb 199811/12 Bailgate
Received 5 Feb 1998McDonalds Tritton Road/ Moorland Way
Received 5 Feb 1998Gaughan Associates Ltd, Unit 6, Sunningdale Trading Estate, Lincoln, LN6 7UB
Received 4 Feb 1998Car Park, Castle Hill, Lincoln.
Received 30 Jul 1999Pacific Health Club 82-84 Waterloo Street Lincoln
Received 17 Sept 1999238 Boultham Park Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7SU
Received 20 Dec 1999Aqua House Harvey Street.
Received 27 Jul 1999Land North West Of Lincoln Road
Received 27 Jul 1999Land North West Of Lincoln Road
Received 26 Jul 1999Post Office Counters Ltd, Rookery Lane Post Office, 226 Rookery Lane, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7PH
Received 25 May 199925 Bowden Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7LG
Received 24 May 199992 Boultham Park Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7TJ
Received 2 Jan 2001Bailgate Post Office, 90 Bailgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AR
Received 4 Jan 20016 Dale Street, Lincoln
Received 2 Jan 200167 Finningley Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0UQ
Received 22 Dec 200027 Eastgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AA
Received 14 May 199915 West Parade, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1NW
Received 14 May 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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