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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
19,240 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 2, 111 Sadler Road Lincoln LN6 3RS
Received 29 Aug 20063 Wallis Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 8AS
Received 3 Aug 2006The Lawn Centre, Union Road, Lincoln, LN1 3BJ
Received 10 May 2006291A And 291B Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5LA
Received 9 May 2006Yarborough School, Riseholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 3SP
Received 17 Mar 2006Chieftain Way, Tritton Road Trading Estate, Lincoln, LN6 7RY.
Received 17 Mar 200616 Hadleigh Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7HW
Received 15 Apr 200522 St. Martins Street, Lincoln, LN2 1JA
Received 8 Mar 200510 Berkeley Drive, Lincoln, LN6 8BN
Received 7 Mar 200536 Church Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1QJ
Received 3 Mar 200548 Montaigne Crescent Lincoln LN2 4QN
Received 25 Jul 2005Rear Of 145 Burton Road, Lincoln
Received 28 Jul 2005Unit 9, Tritton Retail Park, Tritton Road, Lincoln
Received 24 Mar 20052 - 6 Exchange Arcade, Cornhill, Lincoln, LN5 7HJ
Received 30 Mar 20052 - 6 Exchange Arcade, Cornhill, Lincoln, LN5 7HJ
Received 6 Apr 20057 Kelstern Road Lincoln LN6 3NJ
Received 1 Oct 200425 Swift Gardens Lincoln LN2 4NA
Received 30 Sept 200416 Ash Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0RU
Received 17 Sept 200445 Larne Road, Lincoln, LN5 9TY
Received 15 Oct 20043 Holdenby Close Lincoln LN2 4TQ
Received 8 Sept 200452 Doddington Road Lincoln LN6 7EU
Received 21 Sept 2004LGSD & Abts Training Ground, Bishops Bridge, Saxilby Road, Lincoln LN1 2BG.
Received 3 Sept 200436 Gregg Hall Crescent Lincoln LN6 8AH
Received 3 Sept 200495 Nettleham Road Lincoln LN2 1RU
Received 6 Sept 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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