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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
19,256 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 53 And 59 Queen Street, Lincoln.
Received 24 Sept 2002121-123 Newark Road Lincoln
Received 23 Sept 20021 Gordon Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3AJ
Received 13 Sept 20021 Gordon Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3AJ
Received 13 Sept 2002145, Doddington Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7HE
Received 9 Sept 2002The Bowling Green, Wragby Road, Lincoln
Received 2 Sept 200221, Almond Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HN
Received 2 Sept 2002132, Fulmar Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0LA
Received 8 Aug 2002300 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1AF
Received 21 Feb 200319 Nettleham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1RQ
Received 29 Jul 2003Westgate Water Tower Chapel Lane Lincoln
Received 22 Jul 2003Greestone Mount, Lindum Road, Lincoln.
Received 16 Jun 200353 Aberporth Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0YS
Received 25 Mar 2003323 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7DW
Received 24 Mar 200319 Nettleham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1RQ
Received 5 Feb 2003Greestone Mount, Lindum Road, Lincoln
Received 31 Jan 2003Greestone Mount, Lindum Road, Lincoln.
Received 31 Jan 2003Former Nursery & Adjoining Car Park, Michaelgate, Lincoln
Received 28 Jan 2003127 Scorer Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7SY
Received 17 Feb 2003Land Adjacent To Bowling Green Public House, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln
Received 14 Jan 2003Former Eddie Gordon Building, Wigford Yard, Brayford Wharf East, Lincoln.
Received 1 Mar 20041 Crusader Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7AS
Received 12 Dec 2002189 Monks Road, Lincoln.
Received 11 Dec 2002127 Scorer Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7SY
Received 22 Nov 2002Records 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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