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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.
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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
17,411 approved · 1,546 refused · 666 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2001 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Toy Museum, 26 Westgate, Lincoln, LN1 3BD
Received 27 Oct 2005Areas C & D, Sobraon Barracks, Dunkirk Road, Lincoln.
Received 14 Oct 2005Garages 1-8 Mill Lane, Lincoln.
Received 28 Sept 2005128 Carholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 1SH
Received 7 Sept 2005Land To The Rear Of 11-41 Gaunt Street, Lincoln,
Received 15 Aug 2005Former Bookers Cash 'N' Carry, Unit 1, Dunford Road, Lincoln.
Received 28 Sept 200510 St. Andrews Street, Lincoln, LN5 7ND
Received 28 Jul 200567 Newland Lincoln LN1 1YN
Received 29 Jul 2005Simons Construction, 401 Monks Road, Lincoln. Allenby Close
Received 20 Jul 200523-49 (O) And 32-66 (E) Mercer Drive, Lincoln.
Received 3 Aug 2005Boultham Park Bowls Pavillion, Boultham Park Road, Lincoln.
Received 20 Jul 2005Land At Yarborough School, Fronting Riseholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 3SP.
Received 21 Apr 2005100 - 102 Burton Road, Lincoln.
Received 2 Jun 200639 Milman Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5LX
Received 15 May 2006First Floor, 10A Gordon Road, Lincoln
Received 8 May 2006Burton Cliff House, Burton Road, Lincoln
Received 7 Apr 2006Car Park To The Rear Of Martha's Vineyard, 3 Newland, Lincoln
Received 7 Apr 20066 Lindum Road Lincoln LN2 1NN
Received 31 Jan 20068, 12 And 14 The Sidings, Units E, G And H, St. Marks West, Lincoln.
Received 22 Apr 2005Land At Ruston Way, Brayford Enterprise Park, Lincoln
Received 31 Mar 20055 Crofton Road, Allenby Industrial Estate, Lincoln, LN3 4NL
Received 11 Nov 2005Grosvenor Hall Nursing Home, Newark Road, Lincoln
Received 11 Nov 2005Grosvenor Hall Nursing Home, Newark Road, Lincoln
Received 11 Nov 2005Land At Bunkers Hill (RC2 East), Lincoln.
Received 11 Apr 2005Records 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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