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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
19,201 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 501 And 501A Newark Road, Lincoln
Received 2 Feb 200724 Stenigot Road Lincoln LN6 3PA
Received 1 Feb 2007Land Adjacent To Garage Site, Woodstock Street, Lincoln, Lincs.
Received 1 Feb 200737 Long Leys Road Lincoln LN1 1DP
Received 4 Aug 2006Unit 9, Valentine Road, Lincoln, LN6 7BH
Received 16 Oct 2006Garden Land To The Rear Of 114 Doddington Road Lincoln LN6 7EU
Received 24 May 20063 Elsham Crescent Lincoln LN6 3YZ
Received 26 Oct 20054 Sidlaw Grove Lincoln LN5 9AR
Received 2 Nov 200529 Stonefield Avenue Lincoln LN2 1QL
Received 24 Oct 200564 Waddingworth Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2BH
Received 26 Sept 20083A Riseholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3SN
Received 27 Sept 2008The Nosey Parker 1 Crusader Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7AS
Received 17 Sept 2008Womens Refuge, Bassingham Crescent, Lincoln LN2 2ET
Received 19 Aug 2008Land To The Rear Of 122 - 126 Carholme Road, Lincoln, LN1 1SP
Received 16 Aug 200724 Willis Close Lincoln LN1 3LG
Received 17 Jul 2007Land East Of Henley Office Park, Doddington Road, Lincoln.
Received 11 Jul 2007Maplin Electronics, 8A The Sidings, Lincoln LN6 7TP
Received 7 Aug 2007439 High Street Lincoln LN5 8HZ
Received 4 Sept 200627 Cottesmore Road, Lincoln, LN6 3RH
Received 29 Aug 2006The Old Stables, Wellington Street, Lincoln.
Received 4 Sept 2006104 Doddington Road Lincoln LN6 7EU
Received 24 Aug 200615 Carline Road Lincoln LN1 1HL
Received 14 Sept 2006Henley Office Park, Doddington Road, Lincoln.
Received 21 Aug 2006Land Opposite Birchwood Shopping Centre, Bus Turning Circle, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln.
Received 10 Aug 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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