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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19,280 approved · 1,752 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Somersby Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8AF
Received 12 May 1999Land Bounded By Wigford Way And Brayford Street
Received 13 May 1999Land At Grantham Street, Lincoln.
Received 13 May 199952 Albion Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1EB
Received 3 Nov 1998Plots 1-64 Sector P Off Fulmar Road Lincoln
Received 2 Nov 199829 Benson Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3NU
Received 30 Oct 199827 Clasketgate, Lincoln.
Received 30 Sept 1998Land Rear Of Countdown Stores, 107/109 Burton Road, Lincoln.
Received 30 Jul 199876 South Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8ES
Received 30 Jul 19982 Wrightsway, Lincoln, LN2 4JY
Received 9 Mar 1998Plots 92-95 Off Aldergrove Crescent
Received 20 Mar 19982 Wrightsway, Lincoln, LN2 4JY
Received 9 Mar 19982 Wrightsway, Lincoln, LN2 4JY
Received 9 Mar 1998Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd, Winning Post Service Station, Carholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 1RU
Received 4 Mar 1998Outbuilding Rear Of Monty's Bar And Restaurant (Previously Known As The Chaplin Arms) Canwick Road.
Received 3 Mar 199828 Oakleigh Drive, Lincoln, LN1 1DG
Received 2 Mar 1998Land To Rear Of Monty's Bar And Restaurant (Previously Known As The Chaplin Arms) Canwick Road
Received 3 Mar 1998The Body Shop International Plc, 301 High Street, Lincoln, LN2 1AF
Received 2 Mar 1998The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, LN1 3BJ.
Received 24 Jul 1998Francis Hill Court Church Lane
Received 30 Jan 1998Scotia Pharmaceuticals Ltd, The Silo, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, LN6 0EL
Received 4 Feb 1998Presley Ceramics Tiles Doddington Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RX
Received 4 Feb 199882 Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LJ
Received 2 Feb 1998Land West Of Valentine Road, Lincoln.
Received 30 Jan 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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