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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19,280 approved · 1,754 refused · 753 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Wragby Road Lincoln LN2 4PD
Received 18 Oct 201028 Wragby Road Lincoln LN2 4PD
Received 18 Oct 20103 Vicars Court Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1PT
Received 9 Aug 201085 Fulmar Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0RX
Received 9 Aug 201041 Lime Tree Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0RT
Received 3 Aug 2010128 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LD
Received 3 Aug 20101 Romney Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7DF
Received 8 Feb 2010Jews Court 2 - 3 Steep Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1LS
Received 26 Sept 20116 Jacobean Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RB
Received 23 Sept 2011Land North West Of A46 Bypass
Received 10 Feb 201123 Wedgewood Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LT
Received 19 Oct 201235 Wedgewood Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LU
Received 19 Oct 201211 Nettleham Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1RF
Received 8 Jul 201019 Marriner Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1BB
Received 2 Jul 201025 Marriner Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1BB
Received 2 Jul 201088 Newland Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1YA
Received 2 Jul 20101 Sheraton Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3PS
Received 1 Jul 201010 Woodvale Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RL
Received 30 Jun 201023 Wedgewood Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LT
Received 12 Apr 2010Eastgate House 18 Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 16 Apr 2010John Hill Dental Surgery 19 The Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1PD
Received 19 Apr 2010Land To South West Side Of 19 Spring Hill Houses, 19 Spring Hill, Spring Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1HE
Received 31 Mar 201032 Hungate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1ET
Received 12 Apr 201027 Abingdon Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LB
Received 9 Apr 2010Records 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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