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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
19,256 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Swan Street Car Park Swan Street Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 16 Dec 2005Royal Bank Of Scotland, 13 Stonebow Centre, Silver Street, Lincoln, LN2 1DQ
Received 30 Nov 2005Lloyds Pharmacy Brayford Quays Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1YA
Received 6 Nov 2007Former Wesleyan School And Land To The Rear Of Former School, Rosemary Lane/Friars Lane, Lincoln
Received 3 Sept 2007City Square, Lincoln LN5 7EU
Received 24 Aug 2007Eastholme Nursing Home, 74-75 South Park, Lincoln
Received 24 Aug 2007Scout Hall And Adjoining Land, Manby Street, Lincoln.
Received 14 Sept 2006Courtyard By Marriott Hotel, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln, LN1 1YW.
Received 3 Aug 2006Land To The Rear Of 65 Ripon Street, Lincoln LN5 7NH.
Received 20 Apr 2006Land Adjacent To The University Science Building, Campus Way, Lincoln.
Received 5 Apr 2006First Floor 7 Eastgate, Lincoln, LN2 1QA.
Received 4 Apr 200664 Birchwood Avenue Lincoln LN6 0JD
Received 30 Nov 2005Kiosk Outside Millers Arms PH High Street At Junction Of Vernon Street, Lincoln.
Received 8 Nov 20055 Lindum Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 5RP
Received 31 Oct 2005Gala Club, 10 Saltergate, Lincoln
Received 28 Oct 2005City Square, Sincil Street, Lincoln.
Received 22 Aug 200582 Monks Road Lincoln LN2 5HU
Received 27 Jan 200612 And 14 The Sidings, Lincoln.
Received 11 Aug 2005Lincoln College, Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5HQ
Received 14 Jul 2005Lincoln College, Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5HQ
Received 25 Jul 2005Lincoln College, Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5HQ (Gibney Building).
Received 14 Jul 2005Riva 376A High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7RY
Received 24 Nov 2004Part Of Plot 12 Sadler Road, Lincoln
Received 23 Nov 20045 Dixon Street Lincoln LN5 8AQ
Received 16 Nov 2004Records 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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