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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
19,279 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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46, South Park, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8ER
Received 3 Dec 2001Lincoln Imp, Blankney Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 2EW
Received 11 Oct 2001146, Wragby Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4PH
Received 10 Oct 2001Jacksons Central Distribution Unit, Canwick Road, Lincoln.
Received 4 Apr 2001Halfords Superstore, Tritton Retail Park,Tritton Road.Lincoln.
Received 6 Feb 2001Scotia Pharmaceuticals Ltd, The Silo, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0EL
Received 10 Apr 2001163 Moorland Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7HR
Received 23 Apr 200146 Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AX
Received 5 Apr 200125 Waltham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0SD
Received 3 Apr 20011 Linnet Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0JQ
Received 2 Apr 20018 Kemble Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0NR
Received 2 Apr 200164 Portland Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7LB
Received 26 Mar 2001Lincolnshire Flooring Co Ltd, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln, LN2 4HS
Received 6 Apr 2001Land Off Elliott Road, Dunford Road, Lincoln
Received 23 Mar 2001Land To The Rear Of Lincolnshire Flooring, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln.
Received 6 Apr 2001Land In Front Of Unit C (2) Tritton Road Trading Estate, Tritton Road, Lincoln, LN6 7RY
Received 28 Mar 2001Units 5 & 6 Tritton Retail Park.
Received 19 Mar 2001Land Adjacent To Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln.
Received 15 Mar 2001108 Ripon Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7NQ
Received 15 Mar 2001Thrifty Car Rental, Chieftain Way, Lincoln.
Received 12 Mar 200112 Westwood Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HJ
Received 23 Feb 20011 Branston Close And Land To The Rear Of Gregg Hall Crescent, Lincoln
Received 22 Feb 2001Land To Rear Of 83 Doddington Road Off Swallowbeck Avenue.
Received 15 Feb 2001Land Between 16 And 18 College Close, Lincoln.
Received 15 Feb 2001Records 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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