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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
19,241 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ermine House Residential Care Home, Laughton Way, Lincoln LN2 2EZ
Received 6 Sept 20072 Yarborough Road Lincoln LN1 1HS
Received 5 Sept 20074 Harvey Street, Lincoln, LN1 1TE
Received 4 Apr 2007Total House, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1DX
Received 15 Dec 20062 Pennell Street Lincoln LN5 7TA
Received 13 Dec 200621 High Street Lincoln LN5 8BD
Received 27 Dec 2006St Peter And St Paul High School, Western Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 7SX
Received 4 Jul 2006195 Doddington Road Lincoln LN6 7HH
Received 27 Jun 20067 George Street, Great Northern Terrace, Lincoln, LN5 8LG.
Received 3 Jul 200610 Garfield Close Lincoln LN1 3QP
Received 4 Jul 2006Future House, 123 Portland Street, Lincoln.
Received 3 Jul 2006Portland Hotel, 47-55 Portland Street, Lincoln
Received 9 Jan 200826 Quorn Drive, Lincoln, LN6 7UL
Received 23 Nov 200734 Silver Street, Lincoln
Received 12 Apr 200725 Manor Leas Close, Lincoln, LN6 8DE
Received 5 Apr 2007Manor Farm, Hykeham Road Lincoln LN6 8AP
Received 10 Apr 20078 Redbourne Drive Lincoln LN2 2HG
Received 7 Dec 20064 Sheraton Close Lincoln LN6 3PS
Received 15 Aug 2006125 Grange Crescent, Lincoln, LN6 8DD
Received 14 Aug 2006Boots, 2 The Carlton Centre, Lincoln, LN2 4UX.
Received 22 Jun 200615 Montaigne Garden, Lincoln, LN2 4RL.
Received 19 Jun 200616 Meynell Avenue Lincoln LN6 7UT
Received 15 Jun 200613 Ellison Street Lincoln LN5 8QH
Received 6 Oct 20063 Swaby Close, Lincoln, LN2 2AH
Received 24 Apr 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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