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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19,280 approved · 1,755 refused · 753 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
166A Monks Road Lincoln LN2 5PN
Received 6 Mar 201559 Albion Crescent Lincoln LN1 1EB
Received 2 Mar 201549 Ripon Street Lincoln LN5 7NH
Received 25 Feb 20155 Chatsworth Close Lincoln LN2 4TR
Received 25 Feb 20155 Albion Crescent Lincoln LN1 1EB
Received 18 Feb 2015Site Of St Matthews Church Boultham Park Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 18 Feb 201593 Elsham Crescent Lincoln LN6 3YQ
Received 13 Feb 20154 Bangor Close Lincoln LN5 8TH
Received 4 Feb 2015174 Hykeham Road Lincoln LN6 8AP
Received 30 Jan 2015Former Dunelm Unit Proctors Road Lincoln LN2 4LA
Received 27 Jan 20156 Vigo Close Lincoln LN1 1AQ
Received 27 Jan 2015104 Grange Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8DA
Received 22 Jan 2015211 High Street Lincoln LN2 1AA
Received 21 Jan 2015The Old Pumping Station Great Northern Terrace Lincoln LN5 8HN
Received 14 Jan 201573 Sadler Road Lincoln LN6 3JR
Received 5 Jan 201554 Broughton Gardens Lincoln LN5 8SP
Received 19 Dec 2014The Swan- Students Union Bar Brayford Pool Lincoln LN6 7TS
Received 19 Dec 201439 Grange Crescent Lincoln LN6 8BT
Received 18 Dec 2014St. Peter & St. Paul Catholic High School Western Avenue Lincoln LN6 7SX
Received 16 Dec 201446 Baildon Crescent Lincoln LN6 8HS
Received 16 Dec 20146 Lindum Terrace Lincoln LN2 5RP
Received 12 Dec 201425 Mainwaring Road Lincoln LN2 4BL
Received 8 Dec 20145 Marrat Close Lincoln LN2 4WG
Received 5 Nov 2014Duke William 40 Bailgate Lincoln LN1 3AP
Received 31 Oct 2014Records 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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