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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19,256 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Methodist Chapel, 1-2 Well Lane, Off Steep Hill, Lincoln
Received 28 Jul 200533-37 Mint Street, Lincoln, LN1 1TT
Received 9 May 2005269 Brant Road, Lincoln, LN5 9AB
Received 31 Jul 200619 Nettleham Road Lincoln LN2 1RQ
Received 16 Nov 2005Unit 1A, Brayford Quays, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln.
Received 7 Dec 2005Telephone Kiosk Outside Lincoln College, Monks Road Junction With Abbey Street, Lincoln.
Received 8 Nov 2005Courtyard By Marriott, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln LN1 1YW
Received 27 Jun 200545-48 Croft Street, Lincoln
Received 18 Jul 2005Joinery Workshop Adjacent To 110 Yarborough Road, Lincoln
Received 13 Dec 2004Westgate Water Tower, Chapel Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3BD
Received 9 Jan 2006Westgate Water Tower, Chapel Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3BD
Received 9 Jan 2006Wigford House, Brayford Wharf East, Lincoln, LN5 7BH
Received 10 Feb 2006341 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7DQ
Received 3 Mar 2004Lincoln Nuffield Hospital, Nettleham Road, Lincoln, LN2 1QU
Received 25 Feb 2004Lincoln Nuffield Hospital, Nettleham Road, Lincoln, LN2 1QU
Received 25 Feb 2004Land Adjacent To Motherby Hill And Alexandra Terrace, Lincoln.
Received 29 Oct 2003Land Off Queen Street, Lincoln.
Received 1 Nov 2002Land At Former East Midlands Electricity, Tritton Road, Lincoln, LN6 7RS.
Received 17 Oct 2002Former Eastgate Motors Garage, Wragby Road, Lincoln
Received 3 Jan 2003Former Eastgate Motors Garage, Wragby Road, Lincoln.
Received 3 Jan 200384 Little Bargate Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8JL
Received 9 Jan 200317 Chiltern Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8SB
Received 27 Sept 2002Shoe Zone, 166 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7AF
Received 25 Sept 2002Lincoln School Of Science & Technology, Cross O'Cliff Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8PW
Received 7 Oct 2002Records 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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