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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
18,203 approved · 1,624 refused · 698 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Aug 1998 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
100A, Grange Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8DA
Received 21 Dec 2001Spaldings (UK) Ltd, 25 Sadler Road, Lincoln
Received 11 Jan 2002Perkins Engines (Stafford) Ltd, Beevor Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7AD
Received 14 Dec 2001Lincoln Diesels Plc, Great Northern Terrace, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8HJ
Received 13 Dec 200127, Hartsholme Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HF
Received 19 Dec 2001153, Bunkers Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4QU
Received 10 Dec 2001172, Nettleham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4DQ
Received 10 Dec 2001Land Adjoining Clifton Street/Kesteven Street And Great Northern Terrace.
Received 26 Nov 200119A, Lindum Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1NS
Received 16 Nov 200122, South Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8EP
Received 14 Nov 2001The Old Gym, Cross Street, Lincoln
Received 11 Dec 20011A, Ryland, The Grove, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1RG
Received 2 Nov 2001Ex E.G.T. Offices Nos.16, 18 & 20 Melville Street And Longhurst Offices, Melville Street
Received 30 Oct 200115, Swaythling Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3DD
Received 24 Oct 2001Land At Cabourne Avenue, Lincoln.
Received 24 Oct 200118, Parksgate Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7HP
Received 31 Oct 2001109, Nettleham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1RU
Received 17 Oct 2001408A - 410HIGH Street, Lincoln
Received 10 Oct 200240 Old Pond Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0LD
Received 9 Oct 200269 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8AE
Received 8 Oct 2002Waterside House, Waterside North, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5HA
Received 21 Oct 2002Nettleham Road Shopping Centre Nettleham Road Lincoln
Received 5 Jul 2002Land To The Rear Of 176, 178 And 180ST Catherines Grove
Received 17 Jun 20026, Winniffe Gardens, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4RP
Received 17 Jun 2002Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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