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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19,283 approved · 1,758 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Filling Station, 474 High Street, Lincoln
Received 13 Jul 20045 St. Peter At Arches Lincoln LN2 1EA
Received 9 Jul 2004Garden Land At 3 Kenilworth Drive Lincoln LN6 7PT
Received 12 Jul 2004Land Off Mill Lane, Lincoln, LN5 7QN
Received 10 Aug 2004Witham Oil And Paint, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln, LN2 4HL
Received 2 Jul 2004Land At Moorland Way, Lincoln
Received 14 Oct 2004Ymca, Residential Centre, Croft Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AN
Received 13 Sept 2004Phase 4, Sadler Road, Lincoln
Received 15 Jul 200443 Silver Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1EH
Received 21 Jun 2004Emr Limited, Beevor Street, Lincoln, LN6 7AD
Received 16 Jun 2004Land Adjacent To Sudbrooke Drive Community Centre, Sudbrooke Drive, Lincoln
Received 15 Jun 2004Former Brake Brothers, Deacon Road, Lincoln, LN2 4JB.
Received 30 Jun 2004E 2 V Technologies, Carholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 1SF.
Received 15 Jun 200474 Newport Lincoln LN1 3DP
Received 9 Jun 2004Land Off Woodstock Street, Lincoln.
Received 4 Jun 200426 Dunmore Close Lincoln LN5 8TN
Received 7 Jun 2004Lincoln Eastgate Tennis Club, Langworthgate, Lincoln, LN2 4AD
Received 3 Jun 200421-25 St. Catherines, Lincoln
Received 2 Jun 200421-25 St. Catherines, Lincoln
Received 2 Jun 200417 Roydon Grove Lincoln LN6 7QP
Received 28 May 2004Land Off Doddington Road To The East Of Wainer Close, Lincoln
Received 27 May 2004Lucy Tower Street Car Park, Lucy Tower Street, Lincoln
Received 4 Jun 200412 Westwood Drive Lincoln LN6 0HJ
Received 13 May 2004Danwood House, Newark Road, Lincoln, LN5 8PY
Received 20 May 2004Records 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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