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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
19,283 approved · 1,758 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Sixfield Close Lincoln
Received 1 Dec 200615 Danes Courtyard Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1NE
Received 14 Nov 200632 Saxon Street Lincoln LN1 3HQ
Received 7 Nov 200632 Saxon Street Lincoln LN1 3HQ
Received 7 Nov 2006Somerby House, 8 Lindum Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 5RS.
Received 23 Oct 200653 Monks Road (Former Tradex Building) Lincoln, LN2 5HN
Received 2 Nov 2006Mitrecraft, Blenheim Road, Lincoln. LN1 1PU
Received 19 Oct 200653 Monks Road (Former Tradex Building) Lincoln, LN2 5HN
Received 9 Oct 2006Land At Marjorie Avenue Lincoln LN6 7SD
Received 6 Oct 20062-4 Dixon Way, Lincoln, LN6 7XN
Received 29 Aug 2006Land At Lincoln Marina, Campus Way, Lincoln.
Received 21 Aug 2006Hamilton Building, Off Beevor Street, Lincoln, Lincs, LN6 7AD.
Received 9 Aug 2006Rear Of 1A, 1B And 1C Boultham Park Road Lincoln LN6 7BE
Received 30 Apr 200774A Winn Street Lincoln LN2 5NH
Received 14 Jun 2006Former 'Save' Petrol Filling Station And O'Rourkes Public House, 11 Broadgate, Lincoln, Lincs, L2 5AD.
Received 7 Jun 200672/74 Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5HX
Received 22 May 2006Land Opposite 35 Blenheim Road, Lincoln.
Received 27 Apr 200621 East Bight Lincoln LN2 1QH
Received 6 Nov 2006Former Social Education Centre, Long Leys Road, Lincoln.
Received 1 Nov 200637/39 St. Catherines Lincoln LN5 8LP
Received 12 Sept 2006O'Rourkes Public House, 11 Broadgate, Lincoln, LN2 5AD
Received 2 Jun 200629-31 The Strait, Lincoln, LN2 1JD
Received 27 Apr 200629-31 The Strait, Lincoln, LN2 1JD
Received 27 Apr 200632 Saxon Street Lincoln LN1 3HQ
Received 18 Apr 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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