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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
19,203 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land And Buildings To Rear Of 142 High Street, Fronting Onto Firth Road.
Received 29 Sept 1999Lincoln Social Education Centre, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1EG
Received 27 Sept 1999475 Newark Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8RT
Received 6 Oct 1999Carlton Centre, Outer Circle Road.
Received 13 Sept 1999Land And Buildings To Rear Of 142 High Street, Fronting Onto Firth Road, Lincoln
Received 17 Sept 1999Holmes Road/Carholme Road, Lincoln.
Received 13 Sept 1999Co-Op Warehouse Proctors Road
Received 13 Sept 199913-14 Silver Street & Free School Lane Block (Lincoln Co-Operative Society Ltd.)
Received 1 Sept 1999Age Concern Day Centre, Park Street, Lincoln.
Received 25 Aug 1999Lincoln Ymca Ltd, St. Rumbold Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5AR
Received 27 Aug 1999St. Mary's School, 1 Wragby Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received 19 Aug 1999St Mary's School, 1 Wragby Road, Lincoln
Received 19 Aug 199913-14 Silver Street And Free School Lane Block (Lincoln Co-Operative Society Ltd.)
Received 26 Aug 1999Walkers Smith Snack Foods Ltd, 255 Newark Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8XN
Received 9 Aug 1999Land North Of Green Lane/Ropewalk, Lincoln.
Received 9 Aug 1999Tyre & Autocare Centre, Carholme Road, Lincoln.
Received 4 Aug 1999Catalogue Bargain Shop, 29-31 The Strait, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1JD
Received 16 Aug 200113/14 Silver Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Received 19 May 2000Land Adjacent To 5 Limelands.
Received 15 Dec 199927 Hartsholme Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HF
Received 16 Dec 1999Greestone House, Greestone Place, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1PP
Received 23 Jul 1999Greestone House, Greestone Place, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1PP
Received 23 Jul 19992 Pottergate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1PH
Received 22 Jul 19992 Pottergate, Lincoln, LN2 1PH
Received 22 Jul 1999Records 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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