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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19,283 approved · 1,758 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Former Bacon Factory, St Mark Street, Lincoln, LN5 7BA
Received 19 Oct 200514 The Sidings Lincoln LN6 7TP
Received 10 Jun 200510 St. Andrews Street Lincoln LN5 7ND
Received 1 Jun 20055 Deloraine Court, James Street, Lincoln, LN2 1QE
Received 23 Nov 2004St. Giles Church, Lamb Gardens, Lincoln, LN2 4EG
Received 21 Jan 200518 Carline Road Lincoln LN1 1HG
Received 16 Nov 2004The Backies, Moorland Commumnity Centre, Moorland Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 7NH.
Received 12 Nov 2004Lincoln College, Monks Road, Lincoln. LN2 5HQ.
Received 12 Nov 2004210 Newark Road Lincoln LN5 8RH
Received 29 Oct 2004Tritton Road Service Station, Tritton Road, Lincoln, LN6 7QY
Received 8 Mar 2005Land At Kingsdown Road, Adjacent To Furndown Court, Lincoln
Received 25 Oct 2004Ground Floor, 84 Carholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 1ST
Received 30 Nov 20045 Deloraine Court, James Street, Lincoln, LN2 1QE
Received 20 Oct 20045 Deloraine Court James Street Lincoln LN2 1QE
Received 6 Oct 20045 Deloraine Court James Street Lincoln LN2 1QE
Received 5 Oct 20045 Deloraine Court James Street Lincoln LN2 1QE
Received 5 Oct 200422 Sincil Bank, Lincoln, LN5 7LB
Received 3 Oct 200645-47 St Catherines, Lincoln, Lincs.
Received 27 Jul 2006Land To The Rear Of And Including 29/31 The Strait And Land Adjacent To 38 Grantham Street, Lincoln.
Received 30 Mar 2006Land To The Rear Of And Including 29/31 The Strait And Land Adjacent To 38 Grantham Street, Lincoln.
Received 30 Mar 2006Garden Land Adjacent To 47 Queen Mary Road, Lincoln, LN1 3PD
Received 28 Apr 2005Clayton Carpets, Tritton House, Matilda Road, Lincoln, LN6 7BN
Received 7 Mar 2005The Green Dragon Public House, Broadgate Lincoln LN2 5DH
Received 11 Mar 2005Land Between No.'s 10 & 11 Anzio Crescent, Lincoln
Received 28 Feb 2005Records 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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