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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
19,269 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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5 Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8PN
Received 14 Oct 1998Land Off Wolsey Way
Received 14 Oct 19981 Cross Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7LF
Received 24 Sept 1998Plot Nos. 96-199 Phase 6, Sections 1 & 2, Off Birchwood Avenue/Pershore Way, Doddington Park, Lincoln.
Received 10 Sept 1998Unit 1 B 233-237 High Street
Received 9 Sept 1998Unit 1B 233-237 High Street
Received 9 Sept 1998Unit SU2, 233-237 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1AT
Received 7 Sept 1998Unit SU2, 233-237 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1AT
Received 7 Sept 1998Plot 17 Higgins Close, Off Fulmar Road, Lincoln. (Number 23)
Received 4 Sept 1998Land Off Grantham Street/Swan Street, Lincoln.
Received 4 Sept 1998Former Courtaulds Building, Crofton Close, Allenby Trading Estate, Lincoln
Received 9 Nov 1998Former Courtaulds Building, Crofton Close, Allenby Industrial Estatelincoln.
Received 4 Sept 19982/3 Monson Street
Received 19 Aug 1998Land Inbetween No's 10 And 11 Anzio Crescent.
Received 24 Aug 1998Doughty Cakes, 54 Great Northern Terrace, Lincoln
Received 12 Aug 1998Former Garage Site, Land East Of Grainsby Close.
Received 6 Aug 1998151/153 Monks Road, Lincoln
Received 7 Aug 1998Bishop Grosseteste College, Newport, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3DY
Received 6 Aug 199811 Guildhall Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1TT
Received 12 Aug 1998Garmstons, 262 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1HW
Received 4 Aug 1998Garmstons, 262 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1HW
Received 4 Aug 1998Swanholme Lakes Local Nature Reserve
Received 29 Jul 19986 Crofton Drive Allenby Industrial Estatelincoln
Received 22 Jul 1998Land To Rear Of 1A, 1B And 1C Boultham Park Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7BE
Received 16 Jul 1998Records 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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