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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.
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Lincoln planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates24,560Searchable applications
217Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 21,010 approved or refused records
1,758Refused applications
19,252 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Local Plan PoliciesPre-application advice Planning ApplicationsConservation areas Conservation, Archaeology and PlanningArticle 4 directions Houses in Multiple Occupancy
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01522873474Council source
- Planning enquiriesdevelopmentteam@lincoln.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01522873760Council source
- Planning enquiries01522873478Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided99/281/F
Change of use from shop and flat to single dwelling.
A & P Newsagents, 19 Monks Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5HL
Received 12 May 1999 - Decided99/280/F
Change of use of public house and bedsits to 8 flats and internal alterations to facilitate this use.
M P's Bar, Broadgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5AQ
Received 12 May 1999 - Decided99/267/F
Erection of single storey car park attendants building.
Car Park At The Sidings, Lincoln.
Received 6 May 1999 - Decided99/217/F
Installation of upvc windows.(In accordance with Agents letter and plan received on 12.8.99)
25 Cheviot Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5JD
Received 9 Jun 1999 - Decided99/215/CON
Application to vary condition 3 of planning permission LH04/0332/97(Change of use of buildings from office use (B1) to educational use (D1) to allow for access(other than children and staff access to the school) to the site from Clayton Road.
Former British Gas Site (Now Part Of Lincoln School Of Science And Technology) Clayton Road.
Received 9 Apr 1999 - Withdrawn99/184/CCC
Erection of a brick sculpture of a first world war military tank.
Tritton Road/Brayford Crossing/Ropewalk Traffic Gyratory System.
Received 19 Mar 1999 - Decided99/162/ADV
Display of: 3 No. non illuminated fascia shop signs (3700 x 650mm) at a height of 4200mm from ground level to top of sign.
The Conservatory, 21 Quayside Building, St. Marks Square
Received 12 Mar 1999 - Decided99/166/F
Erection of 4 external air conditioning units on roof.
The Conservatory, Unit 21, Quayside, St. Mark's Square.
Received 11 May 1999 - Decided99/152/F
Change of use from existing house to student accommodation comprising 7 persons.
212 West Parade, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1LY
Received 12 Mar 1999 - Decided99/135/F
Change of use from existing house to student accomodation comprising 7 bedrooms.
256 West Parade, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1LY
Received 23 Mar 1999 - Decided99/134/ADV
Display of non-illuminated banner sign measuring 7.5 x 1.35m located on service yard corner
Debenhams, St Mark Street, Lincoln.
Received 26 Feb 1999 - Decided99/132/CAC
Demolition of existing buildings to facilitate erection of three storey building. Front facade facing High Street to be retained. (Application for Conservation Area consent)
154/155 High Street Lincoln
Received 25 Feb 1999 - Decided99/129/F
Erection of a single storey rear extension and external alterations including the insertion of new shopfronts. (In accordance with revised plan 3368/A2/10 received on 30.6.99)
154/155 High Street, Lincoln
Received 25 Feb 1999 - Decided99/128/RD
Submission of details of commencement of work and appointment of an archaeological body. (SP)
Land Adjacent To 11 Carholme Road
Received 24 Feb 1999 - Decided99/127/RD
Submission of details of a landscaping scheme as required by Condition 2 of Planning Permission Ref: LA17/0549/97 granted on 26.3.98 (Erection of a 2 & 3 storey building to form student accommodation, comprising 19 bedrooms).
Land Adjacent To 11 Carholme Road, Lincoln.
Received 24 Feb 1999 - Decided99/107/LBC
Installation of new shop front, internally illuminated fascia sign and hanging sign. (Application for Listed Building Consent)
Pizzaland, 323 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7DW
Received 1 Mar 1999 - Decided99/106/ADV
Display of: 1) An internally illuminated fascia sign (letters and log only). 2) An externally spot lit hanging sign at first floor level.
Pizzaland, 323 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7DW
Received 1 Mar 1999 - Decided99/105/F
Installation of new shop front.
Pizzaland, 323 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7DW
Received 1 Mar 1999 - Decided99/098/CAC
Demolition of existing retail premises in connection with redevelopment with new retail premises granted planning permission under ref. LG36/0555/97 and 98/432/F(In accordance with the Archaelogical Mitigation Strategy (SP)
Fosc Direct, 158 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7AF
Received 17 Feb 1999 - Withdrawn99/084/F
Change of use to dance studio and dwelling
Former Kerr Pattern Company, Rosemary Lane, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Received 9 Feb 1999 - Unknown99/079/ADV
Display of: A) 2 No. externally illuminated banner signs 6000 x 650mm at a height of 4000mm above ground leve to top of sign, projecting 1200mm. B) 1 No. externally illuminated pub sign 2400 x 1200m at a height of 4500mm above ground level to top of sign.
Cheltenham Arms, 14-15 Guildhall Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1TT
Received 9 Feb 1999 - Decided99/072/LBC
Alterations to facilitate use of 1st. & 2nd. floors for retailing including;- formation of new stock room areas, erection of access lobby off cornhill, erection of a single storey shop unit off Sincil Street. (Application for Listed Building Consent)
The Corn Exchange Building, Cornhill, Lincoln .
Received 3 Feb 1999 - Decided99/067/F
Erection of an access lobby off Cornhill, to access existing excalators to 1st and 2nd floor retailing. Erection of a single storey shop unit off Sincil Street, to also allow for access to existing ascalators to 1st and 2nd floor retailing
Lincoln Corn Exchange & Market Co Ltd, Cornhill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7HE
Received 3 Feb 1999 - Withdrawn99/065/ADV
Display of a non-illuminated fascia sign above main entrance and a non-illuminated hanging sign on the front elevation.
Lloyds Bank Plc, 21-22 Bailgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AN
Received 3 Feb 1999
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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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