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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19,241 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Usher Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 7RR
Received 27 Jan 2005Oxford Hall, St. Marys Street, Lincoln,
Received 27 Jan 2005Tritton Road Retail Park, Tritton Road, Lincoln
Received 27 Jan 200541 Shaftesbury Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0QN
Received 24 Jan 2005Central Market, Sincil Street, Lincoln.
Received 24 Jan 200510 Ancaster Avenue, Lincoln, LN2 4AY
Received 24 Jan 2005The Friends Meeting House, 1 Park Street, Lincoln, LN1 1UR.
Received 20 Jan 20054 Longdales Road, Lincoln, LN2 2JU.
Received 19 Jan 200512 Redcote Drive Lincoln LN6 7HQ
Received 10 Nov 20059 Bucknall Avenue Lincoln LN6 0BE
Received 26 Oct 200541 Broughton Gardens Lincoln LN5 8SW
Received 25 Oct 200573 Rookery Lane Lincoln LN6 7PP
Received 30 Oct 2005Yarborough School, Riseholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 3UP
Received 21 Oct 200525 Woodrush Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4TB
Received 20 Oct 20051 Alexander Walk Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4FN
Received 13 Oct 20051 Alexander Walk Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4FN
Received 13 Oct 200578 Brant Road Lincoln LN5 8SH
Received 13 Oct 200517 Naam Place Lincoln LN1 3LA
Received 24 Oct 200553 Elsham Crescent, Lincoln, LN6 3YZ.
Received 7 Nov 2005The Lincoln Hotel, Eastgate, Lincoln, LN2 1PN
Received 11 Oct 20059 Torrington Road Lincoln LN2 2DP
Received 19 Dec 200525 Shaftesbury Avenue Lincoln LN6 0QN
Received 20 Oct 2005Pottergate Lodge, Pottergate, Lincoln
Received 24 Nov 2005Pottergate Lodge, Pottergate, Lincoln
Received 20 Oct 2005Records 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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