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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
19,253 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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179/179.5 Winn Street, Lincoln
Received 20 Oct 2000Lincolnshire Roadcar Depot, St. Mark Street
Received 25 Jul 2000The Old Maltings, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln.
Received 17 Jul 2000Bishop King C Of E Primary School, Kingsway, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8EU
Received 28 Jun 2000City Square, Lincoln
Received 27 Jun 2000129 Monks Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5JH
Received 14 Jun 2000Crown Inn, 54 Baggholme Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5BQ
Received 6 Jun 2000141 Doddington Road And Land To Rear
Received 6 Jun 2000Land At Wellington Street, Lincoln
Received 19 May 2000141 And Rear Of 139 Doddington Road, Lincoln.
Received 17 May 2000Site Of Former Kwik Save Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln
Received 15 May 2000Site Of Former Kwik Save, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln
Received 15 May 2000Site Of Former Kwik Save Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln
Received 18 Apr 2000Site Former Kwik Save , Brayford Wharf North
Received 4 May 2000124 Carholme Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1SP
Received 20 Mar 2003369, Burton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3XE
Received 21 Aug 2002The Nosey Parker, 1 Crusader Road, Lincoln, LN6 7AS
Received 4 Mar 2002New Life Christian Fellowship, Newland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1XG
Received 9 May 2002Cathedral Nursing Home, Nettleham Road, Lincoln
Received 7 Mar 2002The Bromhead Hospital, Nettleham Road, Lincoln.
Received 23 Feb 2001Site Of Former Kwik Save, Brayford Wharf North
Received 26 Apr 2000Site Of Kwik Save Building Brayford Wharf North.
Received 20 Apr 2000Hilton House Lodge, Union Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3BJ
Received 3 May 2000Unit D, Deacon Road Industrial Estate, Lincoln, LN2 4JB LN2 4JB
Received 17 Apr 2000Records 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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