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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
17,837 approved · 1,596 refused · 678 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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3 Wasdale Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0XR
Received 14 Mar 2003381A, High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7SF
Received 4 Mar 2003Brantley Manor, Brant Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8RX
Received 3 Mar 2003175 Bunkers Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4QU
Received 3 Mar 200375 Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0JA
Received 3 Mar 2003Unit 1, Valentine Retail Park, Tritton Road, Lincoln LN6 7DJ
Received 24 Mar 20039 Rivermead, Lincoln.
Received 18 Feb 2004Cleanway Ltd, Albion Works, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1DS
Received 16 Feb 2004Land Adjacent To 34 Mitchell Drive, Lincoln.
Received 16 Feb 2004R M Wright, Outer Circle Road Lincoln LN2 4HW
Received 12 Dec 2003Siemens, Firth Road, Lincoln
Received 10 Dec 2003Argos, 151 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7AA
Received 22 Dec 2003Former BP Service Station, Doddington Road, Lincoln, LN6 3SE
Received 16 Dec 200330 Oakfield Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5LU
Received 29 Apr 2003189 Monks Road, Lincoln.
Received 28 Apr 2003377 High Street, Lincoln
Received 26 Feb 200366 Monson Street Lincoln LN5 7SB
Received 25 Feb 200366 Monson Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7SB
Received 25 Feb 2003Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AX
Received 24 Feb 2003171 Broughton Gardens, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8SR
Received 24 Feb 2003Nettleham Road District Mixed Use Centre, Nettleham Road/Lincoln Road, Lincoln
Received 24 Feb 200340 Monson Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7SB
Received 19 Feb 2003Former Four Ward Block, Long Leys Road, Lincoln.
Received 17 Feb 200398 Dixon Street Lincoln LN6 7DA
Received 22 Dec 2003Records 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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