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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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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
19,249 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Quayside, East Bank, St. Marks
Received 14 May 1998St. Marks, St. Marks Street, Lincoln
Received 10 Jul 19988, 10, 12 St Martins Lane And Attendant's Kiosk In Car Park, Hungate
Received 5 May 1998Car Park Site, St. Martins Lane/Hungate
Received 5 May 1998Pizzaland, 323 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7DW
Received 12 May 199838 Bailgate, Lincoln, LN1 3AP
Received 6 May 1998Pizzaland, 323 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7DW
Received 12 May 1998Transco Ltd, Clayton Road, Lincoln LN5 8RE
Received 4 Aug 1998254 High Street, Lincoln.
Received 30 Jul 1998Land Comprising, City Bus STN., Co-Op Store, FMR. Lincs Standard Group Site, Nos. 30,30A,31,32&48 Sincil St. Services Yard Rear Of Nos. 21-24 Sincil St., E.G.T Car Park Area On Pelham St., And Part Of British Rail Surface Car Park.
Received 29 Jul 1998381 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7SF
Received 19 Aug 1998Former Hercocks, Brayford Wharf East, Lincoln
Received 8 Jul 1998Former Hercocks, Brayford Wharf East, Lincoln.
Received 13 Jul 1998Land Adj. To Boundary Garage Brant Road
Received 14 Jul 1998Aqua House, Harvey Street, Lincoln, LN1 1TF
Received 2 Jul 1998158 High Street, Lincoln
Received 2 Jul 1998Land Adjacent To Wigford Way Bridge And William Iv Public House.
Received 23 Jun 1998154/155 High Street
Received 6 Aug 1998154/155 High Street
Received 21 Jul 19981 & 2 Lindum Road, Lincoln
Received 16 Jun 1998Transco, Clayton Road, Lincoln
Received 8 Jul 1998Danesgate Housegrantham Street
Received 11 Jun 19985 Berkeley Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 8BL
Received 1 Jul 1998Land To Rear Of Lincolnshire Poacher P.H., 84 Bunkers Hill
Received 3 Jun 1998Records 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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