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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19,256 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 18A And 20 Carline Road, Lincoln
Received 25 Oct 2004North East Quadrant, University Of Lincoln, Brayford Pool Campus, Lincoln
Received 28 Oct 2004Formerly Plonkers, Top Of The High Street, Lincoln LN2 1HW
Received 11 Oct 2004134 West Parade Lincoln LN1 1LF
Received 11 Oct 2004110 Yarborough Road Lincoln LN1 1HR
Received 4 Oct 20063-4 Cornhill Lincoln LN5 7HE
Received 7 Aug 200625 Bailgate Lincoln LN1 3AP
Received 10 May 2006216-219 High Street Lincoln LN2 1AB
Received 9 May 200649 Westgate Lincoln LN1 3BG
Received 16 Mar 200610 Tempest Street Lincoln LN2 5NB
Received 27 Jul 200674 Western Crescent Lincoln LN6 7TA
Received 21 Sept 2004Chillies Restaurant, 12 Guildhall Street, Lincoln, LN1 1TT.
Received 11 Oct 2004Mill House, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln, LN1 1TZ.
Received 20 Sept 20046 Burghley Close Lincoln LN6 7YH
Received 28 Sept 2004Land To The South Of Grantham Street, Lincoln.
Received 28 Sept 2004Land Adjoining 41 Hungate Lincoln LN1 1ES
Received 28 Sept 2004Land Bounded By Wigford Way And Brayford Street, Lincoln.
Received 28 Sept 200424 - 26 St. Catherines Lincoln LN5 8LY
Received 13 Oct 2004Land To The Rear Of 17-37 And Between 39-41 Victoria Street, Lincoln.
Received 19 Aug 2004Land To The Rear Of 17-37 And Between 39-41 Victoria Street, Lincoln.
Received 19 Aug 2004University Of Lincoln, Great Central Warehouse Library, Rope Walk, Lincoln.
Received 19 Aug 2004Lincoln Delivery Office Firth Road Lincoln LN5 7NU
Received 12 Aug 2004The Grand Hotel, St. Marys Street, Lincoln, LN5 7EP
Received 28 Jul 2004Land At Dial House, Riseholme Road, Lincoln
Received 26 Jul 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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