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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
19,254 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The Rear Of The Blue Anchor Public House, 133 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7PJ
Received 27 May 2002Land At Corner Of Grantham Street And Swan Street, Lincoln.
Received 15 May 2002The Maltings, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln
Received 15 May 200231, Monks Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5HN
Received 7 Jun 200268, Westcliffe Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3TZ
Received 8 May 2002The Bishop's Garden/House Eastgate And 12 James Street, Lincoln.
Received 7 May 2002Dixon Motors Plc., Tritton Road, Lincoln
Received 7 May 200238, Stenigot Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3PA
Received 29 Apr 2002369, Burton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3XE
Received 19 Apr 200269-71, Newport, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3DW
Received 19 Apr 20022, Wilson Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3JA
Received 18 Apr 2002Cuthberts Yard, Burton Road, Lincoln
Received 16 Apr 2002Witham Park House, Waterside South, Lincoln, LN5 7JP
Received 10 Apr 2002Barclays Bank Plc, City Office Park, Tritton Road, Lincoln, LN6 7AR
Received 26 Apr 20021, Hawkshead Grove, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4XB
Received 17 Apr 200248, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AX
Received 2 Apr 2002Westgate Water Tower, Chapel Lane, Lincoln
Received 8 May 2002Westgate Water Tower, Chapel Road, Lincoln
Received 8 May 2002Unit 2, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln, LN1 1YN
Received 12 Jun 2002Unit 2, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln, LN1 1YN
Received 12 Jun 20025 Newsums Villas, Carholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 1SQ
Received 2 Apr 2002139-141 Monks Road, Lincoln.
Received 25 Mar 200224, West Parade, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1JT
Received 25 Mar 2002Translinc, Sadler Road, Lincoln.
Received 1 May 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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