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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19,201 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Lime Tree Close, Off Sycamore Crescent, Birchwood, Lincoln
Received 5 Jul 200231, Bradbury Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 9AP
Received 18 Feb 200255, Hartsholme Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HQ
Received 13 Feb 2002273, Hykeham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8BE
Received 6 Feb 20025, Shearwater Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0XX
Received 5 Feb 20024, Union Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3BJ
Received 5 Feb 2002229-231 Newark Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8NT
Received 12 Feb 2002Upper Floors, 313, High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7DR
Received 24 Jan 2002Birchwood Spso/TM Retail, Birchwood Centre, Jasmin Road, Birchwood, Lincoln, LN6 0QQ.
Received 16 Jan 2002139 - 140 High Street, Lincoln
Received 28 Jan 20025, Gothic Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3LN
Received 14 Jan 2002Ye Olde Crowne Inn, Clasketgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1JS
Received 11 Jan 200264, Portland Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7LB
Received 9 Jan 20028, Gregg Hall Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8AN
Received 4 Jan 2002Lincolnshire Roadcar Depot, St Mark Street, Lincoln.
Received 18 Dec 2001Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AX
Received 12 Dec 20019, Ashworth Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7HN
Received 6 Dec 2001359, Hykeham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8BH
Received 5 Dec 20015, Jacobean Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3RB
Received 5 Dec 2001Unit 9, The Carlton Centre, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln
Received 23 Nov 200110, Hall Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7SW
Received 22 Nov 2001171, Broughton Gardens, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8SH
Received 9 Nov 2001Moorings, North Side Brayford Pool, Adjacent To Odeon Cinema
Received 6 Nov 200134, Falklands Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3XH
Received 6 Nov 2001Records 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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