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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
19,252 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 West Parade, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1JZ
Received 13 Jul 1999238 West Parade, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1LY
Received 12 Jul 1999Brayford Trust Moorings, Brayford Wharf East, Lincoln
Received 1 Jul 1999The Clarks Shop, 214-215 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1AA
Received 7 Jul 1999Victorian Cottage, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln
Received 16 May 2001Unit 19 St. Marks Square, Lincoln
Received 28 Aug 200122-22A Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1XD
Received 5 Jan 2001Bowling Green, 324 Wragby Road, Lincoln, LN2 4QD
Received 21 Feb 2000Unit 19A, Quayside, St. Mark's Square
Received 18 Aug 1999120 Newark Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8QD
Received 18 Aug 199913 Cheviot Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5JD
Received 13 Aug 1999St. Catherine's Court, (Newark Road) Lincoln
Received 27 May 19998 Crane Grove, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7SN
Received 25 Jun 1999European Gas Turbines, Lindum House, 11 Sewell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5RY
Received 24 Jun 1999European Gas Turbines, Lindum House, 11 Sewell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5RY
Received 24 Jun 199923 Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8PN
Received 22 Jun 1999Former St. Marks Station Building, High Street (Units 4, 13 & 14)
Received 7 Jun 1999Lincoln Corn Exchange & Market Co Ltd, Cornhill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7HE
Received 7 Jun 1999Lincoln Corn Exchange & Market Co Ltd, Cornhill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7HE
Received 7 Jun 1999The Tithe Barn, Greestone Place, Lincoln
Received 29 May 1999Birchwood Ave. South Of Hibaldstow Road
Received 27 May 1999152 High Street (Unit 15 Station Street St.Marks East )
Received 17 Jun 1999152 High Street (Unit 15 Station Street St. Marks East)
Received 2 Jun 1999145 Monks Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5JJ
Received 28 May 1999Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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