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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19,283 approved · 1,758 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
215 Newark Road Lincoln LN5 8NP
Received 5 Mar 2004Land At Ruston Way, Brayford Enterprise Park, Lincoln.
Received 27 Feb 2004Land At Ruston Way, Brayford Enterprise Park, Lincoln
Received 27 Feb 2004Tower Hotel, 38 Westgate, Lincoln, LN1 3BD
Received 23 Feb 2004Land To The Rear Of The Naval Club, Coulson Road, Lincoln
Received 23 Feb 2004103/105 Canwick Road, Lincoln.
Received 13 May 2004Land At Crofton Close, Crofton Road, Lincoln
Received 7 Apr 2004Shah Furniture, Matilda Road, Lincoln, LN6 7BN
Received 6 Apr 200474 Newport, Lincoln, LN1 3DP
Received 11 Feb 200465-71 Yarborough Road, Lincoln.
Received 10 Feb 20045 Dixon Street, Lincoln, LN5 8AQ
Received 3 Mar 200420 Newport, Lincoln, LN1 3DF
Received 3 Feb 200491 Ripon Street Lincoln LN5 7NH
Received 14 Jan 2004Lincoln Polythene Ltd, George Street, Great Northern Terrace, Lincoln
Received 26 Jan 2004Valentine Retail Park, Valentine Road, Lincoln.
Received 5 Jan 200453-59 Yarborough Road, Lincoln LN1 1HS
Received 5 Jan 200429 Corporation Street Lincoln LN2 1HL
Received 6 Jan 200480-81 Bailgate Lincoln LN1 3AR
Received 4 Dec 200380-81 Bailgate Lincoln LN1 3AR
Received 4 Dec 2003Land To The Rear Of 176, 178 And 180 St. Catherines Grove, Lincoln
Received 21 Nov 2003Former Mfi, Unit 18, Valentine Road, Lincoln, LN6 7BH
Received 19 Jan 2005Flaxengate Car Park, Rear Of 25/26 The Strait, Lincoln
Received 14 Jan 2005176 - 179 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7AF
Received 26 Aug 2004176-179 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7AF
Received 26 Aug 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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