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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
19,256 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 South Of 18 Michaelgate Lincoln
Received 28 Apr 200632 Eastgate Lincoln LN2 1QA
Received 28 Apr 2006Dowsett House 185 Sadler Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RS
Received 6 Nov 2006McDonald's, 1-2 Corn Exchange Buildings, Cornhill, Lincoln, LN5 7HE
Received 25 Jul 20067 James Street Lincoln LN2 1QE
Received 7 Jun 20063 Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1UX
Received 7 Jun 2006216-219 High Street, Lincoln, LN2 1AB
Received 9 May 2006216-219 High Street Lincoln LN2 1AB
Received 9 May 2006Units 5 & 6, Sunningdale Trading Estate, Dixon Close, Lincoln, Lincs.
Received 20 Apr 2006Former Simon's Cabin Hire, Crofton Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN3 4NU.
Received 3 May 2006Lion And Snake Public House, 79 Bailgate Lincoln, LN1 3AR
Received 10 Jul 2006Lion And Snake Public House, 79 Bailgate Lincoln, LN1 3AR
Received 10 Jul 2006Swan Street Car Park Swan Street Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 10 Apr 20061A Brayford Quays, Lincoln, LN1 1SW
Received 7 Apr 2006Lincoln Performing Arts Centre Lincoln University Campus Way Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 24 Mar 200628/29 Steep Hill Lincoln LN2 1LU
Received 13 Mar 2006Former Methodist Chapel, 1-2 Well Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1NA.
Received 3 Mar 2006South East Quadrant, Brayford Campus, Lincoln, Lincs.
Received 3 Mar 200610 Tempest Street Lincoln LN2 5NB
Received 9 Mar 2006Unit 1A, Brayford Quays, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln.
Received 20 Apr 200645-48 Croft Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AZ.
Received 14 Feb 200621-23 Silver Street Lincoln LN2 1EW
Received 20 Feb 200621-23 Silver Street Lincoln LN2 1EW
Received 20 Feb 2006NCP Multi Storey Car Park, Brayford Street, Lincoln, LN5 7BJ
Received 3 Jan 2006Records 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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