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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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Lincoln planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates24,558Searchable applications
220Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 21,027 approved or refused records
1,758Refused applications
19,269 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Local Plan PoliciesPre-application advice Planning ApplicationsConservation areas Conservation, Archaeology and PlanningArticle 4 directions Houses in Multiple Occupancy
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01522873474Council source
- Planning enquiriesdevelopmentteam@lincoln.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01522873760Council source
- Planning enquiries01522873478Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided99/670/F
Erection of 3 units for light industrial/business (B1), general industrial (B2) and storage and distribution uses (B8) with ancillary showroom facilities together with associated vehicular and pedestrian access, car parking and landscaping works. (In accordance with revised drawing no. 1076 L(00)02 Rev. C received 13 December 1999.)
Land Adjacent To Tritton Road And End Of Dixon Close, Lincoln
Received 18 Nov 1999 - Decided99/667/RD
Submisison of details of landscaping and external areas to be surfaced as required by Condition Nos. 3 & 4 of Planning Permission Ref: 98/409/F (Erection of 12 No. bungalows).
Birchwood Grange, Off Meadowlake Crescent, Lincoln
Received 17 Nov 1999 - Decided99/666/RN
Erection of extension of offices (Renewal)(Amendment in accordance with LPA letter of 19.5.00)
Newporte House, Low Moor Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3JY
Received 18 Nov 1999 - Decided99/070/ADV
Display of: 5mm non illuminated cut-out acrylic lettering with stud fixings to read "O'Halloran & Co."
Ohalloran & Co, 88 Newland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1YA
Received 2 Feb 1999 - Decided99/069/ADV
Display of: 5mm cut-out non illuminated acrylic lettering with stud fixings to read "O'Halloran & Co."
O'Halloran & Co., 84 Newland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1YA
Received 1 Mar 1999 - Decided99/060/F
Erection of a two Storey extension and a single storey extension to side of property.
8 Clematis Approach, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0QD
Received 1 Feb 1999 - Decided99/041/F
Erection of a dwelling.
Plot 17 Higgins Close, Off Fulmar Road,Lincoln (Number 23)
Received 21 Jan 1999 - Decided99/039/F
Replacement windows in Upvc.(In accordance with revised details received 4th March 1999).
31 Hartsholme Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HF
Received 29 Jan 1999 - Decided99/033/ADV
Display of non-illuminated board above front door. A non-illuminated board at first floor level in the east gable of the property.
24 Westgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3BD
Received 21 Jan 1999 - Decided99/028/F
Erection of 2 lighting columns for illumination of the car park & external areas.(In accordance with additional information from Corporate Consult received 22.2.99)
Units Tritton Road/Matilda Road.
Received 13 Jan 1999 - Decided99/023/CCC
Consultation by Lincolnshire County Council under Regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations1992. Retention of Library Building previously granted planning permission on 21st. Feb. 1994 ref. no. LJ30/675/93
Library Boultham Park Road
Received 4 Jan 1999 - Decided99/016/ADV
Display of two free standing internally illuminated estate signs facing Tritton Road. (In accordance with agents fax. letter dated 2 March 1999).
Land At Tritton Road/Matilda Road, Lincoln.
Received 8 Jan 1999 - Decided99/008/ADV
Display of a double sided non illuminated sign. (In accordance with applicants letters of 16 March and 23 March 1999).
Mooring Adjacent To Waterside Centre, Waterside North, Lincoln.
Received 5 Jan 1999 - Decided99/005/F
Erection of a conservatory to the rear (3.3m x 3.3m)
Land Between 372 & 374 Burton Road, Lincoln.
Received 5 Jan 1999 - Decided99/001/O
Erection of a single storey dwelling (Outline) including details of siting and means of access.
Garden Of 104 Doddington Road, Lincoln
Received 25 Feb 1999 - Decided98/765/ADV
Display of: 1) A non illuminated projecting sign on front elevation above ground floor. 2) Externally illuminated fascia signs.(In accordance with revised details from agent received 26 February 1999)
237 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire,LN2 1AT.
Received 16 Feb 1999 - Decided98/760/O
Erection of four dwellings and restoration of existing lodge (Top Lodge).(Outline with siting and means of access.
Top Lodge Doddington Road.
Received 17 Dec 1998 - Decided98/759/F
Change of use from offices (A2 and B1) to food and drink (A3).
12 Guildhall Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1TT
Received 17 Dec 1998 - Decided98/749/F
Installation of freestanding petrol pump and tank.
Sadler Road, Doddington Road, Lincoln
Received 14 Dec 1998 - Decided98/738/F
Erection of Dwelling (Amendment of dwelling type under planning permission reference number LK56/0460/94).
Plot 19 Higgins Close Fulmar Roadlincoln (Number 19)
Received 9 Dec 1998 - Decided98/735/RG3
Change of use of part of first floor of the south wing from museum to offices.
The Lawn Centre, Union Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3BJ
Received 9 Dec 1998 - Decided98/725/F
Refurbishment of store and erection of an extension for refridgeration plant.(In accordance with revised drawing No. 2516/BW/01 B received 4 February 1999)
Kwik Save Store Nettleham Fields Shopping Centre Wolsey Way.
Received 29 Jan 1999 - Decided98/720/F
Change of use of existing outbuildings to form a self contained flat (Retrospective)
10 St. Faiths Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1QJ
Received 1 Feb 1999 - Decided98/714/RD
Submission of details of site levels as required by condition no. 5 of planning permission ref. LA26/0698/97 granted 16th. February 1998 (Erection of a bungalow (with first floor study) and double garage.
Land Adjacent To 42 Long Leys Road
Received 24 Nov 1998
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What these statistics cover
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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