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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of Lincoln Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
16,738 approved · 1,451 refused · 642 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jun 2002 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crosstrend House 10A Newport Lincoln LN1 3DF
Received 5 Mar 201242 Portland Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7JX
Received 5 Mar 2012362 Burton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3UP
Received 1 Mar 2012Tesco Supermarket Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4QQ
Received 23 Feb 2012Tesco Supermarket 186 Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4QQ
Received 24 Feb 2012Tesco Supermarket 186 Wragby Road Lincoln LN2 4QQ
Received 23 Feb 2012Unit 5, Henley Way, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QR
Received 21 Feb 2012The Temple Temple Gardens Usher Gallery Grounds Lincoln LN2 1NN
Received 17 Feb 2012Home (Former Annexe Bar) Park Street Lincoln LN1 1UE
Received 17 Feb 2012Unit 3 Tritton Retail Park Tritton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7AN
Received 14 Feb 20122 Manor Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1RL
Received 10 Feb 20126 Kingsway Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8EU
Received 30 Oct 20125 Sunningdale Drive Lincoln LN6 7UD
Received 30 Oct 2012Premier Inn Lincoln Broadgate Lincoln
Received 8 Feb 201242 Spring Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1HB
Received 30 Jan 201215 Albert Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LX
Received 25 Jan 2012Land At Former Save Filling Station Broadgate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5AQ
Received 19 Jan 2012Pavilion Carlton Boulevard Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 16 Jan 2012Land Adjacent To 25 Manby Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8NW
Received 12 Jan 201231 Shaftesbury Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0QN
Received 12 Jan 2012Former Mastercare Warehouse Tritton Road Lincoln LN6 7RU
Received 23 Dec 2011Waves Farm House Saxilby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 2BG
Received 22 Dec 2011Crosstrend House, 10A Newport, Lincoln.
Received 21 Dec 2011Moorland Infant School Westwick Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7RP
Received 15 Dec 2011Records 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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