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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19,241 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pelham Centre, Kesteven Street, Lincoln LN5 8HE
Received 3 Jul 20062 Sunningdale Drive Lincoln LN6 7UD
Received 3 Jul 200622 Hillside Avenue Lincoln LN2 5PT
Received 14 Jun 20067 Strahane Close, Lincoln, LN5 8TL
Received 14 Jun 200636 Uffington Avenue Lincoln LN6 0AD
Received 19 Jun 200635 Shakespeare Street, Lincoln, LN5 8JX
Received 13 Jun 2006180 High Street Lincoln LN5 7AF
Received 12 Jun 200647 Grange Crescent Lincoln LN6 8BY
Received 22 Jun 200622 Marjorie Avenue Lincoln LN6 7SD
Received 30 May 20066 Redcote Drive, Lincoln, LN6 7HQ
Received 30 May 2006NMB-Minebea UK Ltd, 2 Sadler Road, Lincoln, Lincs, LN6 3RA.
Received 7 Jun 200620 Pullan Close, Lincoln, LN5 8TA
Received 23 May 2006Netto Foodstore, 295 Wolsey Way, Lincoln.
Received 19 May 200612 Massey Road Lincoln LN2 4BN
Received 18 May 200611 Walbury Close, Lincoln, LN5 9TN
Received 17 May 2006Jacksons Workwear Rental Limited, Weir Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8DT.
Received 17 May 2006Lincoln School Of Science & Technology Cross O'Cliff Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8PW
Received 8 Aug 2008Land Adjacent To 22 Farrington Crescent, Lincoln, LN6 0YG
Received 30 Aug 200726 Egerton Road, Lincoln, LN2 4PJ
Received 25 Jan 200721 Mildmay Street, Lincoln, LN1 3HR
Received 25 Jan 20072 Pembrey Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0FX
Received 5 Jul 20062 Alconbury Close, Lincoln, LN6 3RE
Received 3 Jul 2006Unit 3 And 9 Carlton Mews, The Carlton Centre, Lincoln.
Received 21 Nov 2006Uniform Direct, 333 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7DQ.
Received 3 Nov 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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