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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
19,283 approved · 1,758 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
74A Winn Street Lincoln LN2 5NH
Received 10 Sept 2007Part Of Yarborough Leisure Centre, Former Parade Ground, Off Nene Road, Lincoln.
Received 7 Sept 200722 Sincil Bank, Lincoln, LN5 7LB
Received 21 Aug 2007Booker Cash And Carry Site, Valentine Road, Lincoln LN6 7BH
Received 11 Sept 2007Land At Lincoln Marina, Campus Way, Lincoln.
Received 1 Aug 200745 - 47 St Catherines, Lincoln, Lincs.
Received 2 Jul 2007Gibney Building, Lincoln College, Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5HQ
Received 14 May 2007Gibney Building, Lincoln College, Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5HQ
Received 14 May 2007Land To The Rear Of 81 Burton Road Lincoln LN1 3JZ
Received 23 Apr 2007Land To The Rear Of 7-25 Old Pond Close, Lincoln.
Received 27 Apr 2007Garages And Workshop, Mill Lane, Lincoln, LN5 7QN
Received 2 Apr 2007Part Of E2V Technologies, Carholme Road, Adjacent To 9 Newsum Villas, Lincoln.
Received 7 Mar 2007Land At Lincoln Marina, Campus Way, Lincoln
Received 6 Mar 2007White Hart Hotel, Bailgate, Lincoln, LN1 3AR
Received 16 Feb 2007E2V Carholme Road Lincoln LN1 1SF
Received 21 Feb 200737/39 St. Catherines, Lincoln, LN5 8LP
Received 24 Jan 2007Units 10,11 And 13-15 Sunningdale Trading Estate, Dixon Close, Lincoln, LN6 7UB
Received 26 Jan 2007Unit 43 And 45 Chieftain Way Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7RY
Received 8 Jan 2007Manvers Arms 204-206 Monks Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 2 Jan 2007Former Petrol Filling Station Site, Tritton Road, Lincoln.
Received 3 Jan 200729-31 The Strait Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1JD
Received 8 Dec 2006Land On The Corner Of Dunkirk Road And Mons Road Lincoln
Received 8 Dec 200629-31 The Strait Lincoln LN2 1JD
Received 6 Feb 200729-31 The Strait Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1JD
Received 7 Dec 2006Records 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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