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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19,203 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Danesgate House, Grantham Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1BA
Received 20 Jul 1999St. Michaels Terrace, Michaelgate
Received 16 Jul 199944/46 Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5HY
Received 13 Jul 1999Wilsons Delicatessen, 380 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7SF
Received 13 Jul 1999Birchwood Centre, Jasmin Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0PY
Received 28 Jul 1999332 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7DQ.
Received 17 Jan 2001Co-Operative House, Silver Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1HJ
Received 7 Feb 2000Land At Junction Of Spring Hill And Michaelgate, Lincoln.
Received 7 Feb 2000Charles Warner Ltd, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4LD
Received 28 Jan 200028 Steep Hill, Lincoln
Received 21 Feb 200029 Steep Hill, Lincoln
Received 19 Jun 2000St. Martins Primary School Hungate.
Received 13 Aug 1999Land Adjoining Former Church And Churchyard Of St. Michael-On-The-Mount, Lincoln
Received 16 Aug 1999Lincoln Hospitals N H S Trust, Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5QY
Received 7 Jul 199955 Burton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3JY
Received 27 Jul 1999Land Adjacent To Foundary Beevor Street, Lincoln.
Received 5 Jul 1999Fire Brigade H.Q. South Park Avenue, Lincoln.
Received 5 Jul 1999The Blue Anchor, 133 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7PJ
Received 22 Jul 1999Our Price, 195 & 195A High Street
Received 23 Jun 1999Ruston Marconi Sports Club, Newark Road,Lincoln.
Received 22 Jun 1999St Michael On The Mount Church, Christs Hospital Terrace, Lincoln.
Received 22 Jun 1999Former Harcross Premises, George Street
Received 21 Jun 1999Halifax Plc, 200 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7AL
Received 21 Jun 1999Halifax Plc, 200 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7AL
Received 21 Jun 1999Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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