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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
19,281 approved · 1,758 refused · 753 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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32 Huntlea Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7XA
Received 15 May 200210, Dunmore Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8TN
Received 13 May 2002Oak House (Former RSNC Office) Waterside South Lincoln
Received 7 Jun 200268, South Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8ES
Received 8 May 2002Land At 25 Nettleham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1RQ
Received 3 May 2002Valentine Park, Valentine Road, Tritton Road, Lincoln
Received 30 Apr 200216, Guildhall Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1TT
Received 30 Apr 200216, Guildhall Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1TT
Received 30 Apr 200210-12 Marjorie Avenue, Lincoln.
Received 24 Apr 2002Plot 1 Land At Rear Of 104 Doddington Road, Lincoln
Received 22 Apr 2002Land Situated Between Rosemary Lane And Friars Lane
Received 23 Apr 200236, Cheviot Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5JD
Received 16 Apr 200217 The Old Deanery, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1PX
Received 22 Apr 2002116, Doddington Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7HB
Received 18 Apr 200214, Shearwater Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0XU
Received 23 Apr 200216, Guildhall Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1TT
Received 25 Mar 200216, Guildhall Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1TT
Received 25 Mar 2002Sainsbury's Petrol Filling Station, Tritton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7QN
Received 22 Mar 2002Sainsbury's Petrol Filling Station, Tritton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7QN
Received 22 Mar 2002118, Wragby Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4PH
Received 22 Mar 2002Land To The Rear Of 91-95 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received 15 Mar 2002Grounds Of Stones Place, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln.
Received 26 Mar 2002Grounds Of Stones Place, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln
Received 13 Mar 20026, Monson Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7RZ
Received 18 Mar 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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