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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.
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Lincoln planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates24,569Searchable applications
210Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 20,963 approved or refused records
1,760Refused applications
19,203 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Local Plan PoliciesPre-application advice Planning ApplicationsConservation areas Conservation, Archaeology and PlanningArticle 4 directions Houses in Multiple Occupancy
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01522873474Council source
- Planning enquiriesdevelopmentteam@lincoln.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01522873760Council source
- Planning enquiries01522873478Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided99/013/ADV
Display of internally illuminated sign fixed to side of entrance and an illuminated sign over the entrance doors.
Ritzy, Silver Street, Lincoln, LN2 1DY
Received 7 Jan 1999 - Decided99/004/O
Erection of 32 residential units with means of access from Beech Street.(In accordance with agents letters of 17th May and 16th. July 1999 and sketch drawings of 9th July 1999).
Land Adjacent To Bracebridge Hall Newark Road/Beech Street, Lincoln.
Received 9 Mar 1999 - Decided99/002/RD
Submission of details of planting as required by Condition No.3 of Approval of Reserved Matters ref: 98/372/RM (Erection of an Urban Business Park -Phase 1: Restaurant building)(In accordance with revised drawing Ref: No. 2109/1 Rev. C).
Land North Of Green Lane/Ropewalk.
Received 29 Dec 1998 - Decided98/776/RM
Submission of details of siting; design; external appearance; and means of access of Phase III Academic accomodation inc.rail bridge link as required by condition no. 1 (Part) of Outline planning permission LG36/562/93 (Erection of a university campus). (In accordance with revised drawings received on 18.3.99).
University Of Lincs.& Humberside Lincoln Campus (S.E. Quad.) Brayford Pool Campus Way.
Received 7 Jan 1999 - Decided98/774/F
Change of use and extension of warehouse to student accommodation.(In accordance with revised drawings received on 11th February 1999).
Holmes Road/Carholme Road, Lincoln.
Received 24 Dec 1998 - Decided98/768/F
Change of use of warehouse to two residential flats.(In accordance with revised drawings nos. 240-2A and 240-3A, received by the Local Planning Authority on 12th February 1999) (Amendment in accordance with LPA letter dated 20.5.99)
The Old Bakehouse, Gray Street, Lincoln,LN1 1RS.
Received 30 Dec 1998 - Decided98/767/RD
Submission of sample panel of materials; details of external surfacing; etc. for building as required by Condition No. 1,2,8 and 9 of Approval of Reserved Matters ref. 98/372/RM (Erection of an Urban Business Park - Phase 1: Restaurant building).
Land North Of Green Lane/Ropewalk,Lincoln.
Received 21 Dec 1998 - Decided98/757/RD
Submission of details of fume extraction as required by condition 3 of Planning Permission ref: LA13/0560/96 (change of use to food and drink).
19/20 Guildhall Street, Lincoln.
Received 16 Dec 1998 - Decided98/753/ADV
Display of internally illuminated fascia sign and an internally illuminated projecting sign. (In accordance with revised drawing no. MP4925/244/11 rev. A)
Unit 5, Stonebow Centre, Silver Street,Lincoln, LN2 1DY.
Received 15 Dec 1998 - Decided98/752/F
Installation of new shopfront and security grille.(In accordance with revised drawing 9821-0 Rev.F received on 10th March 1999)(Amendment in accordance with Agents letter of 5.6.99, faxes of 21.6.99 & 23.6.99 and LPA letter dated 30.6.99)
31 Sincil Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7ET
Received 19 Jan 1999 - Decided98/743/ADV
Display of 1 projecting hanging sign, 1050mm. Dia. 2 fascia signs 4876 x 560mm. all externally illuminated from above by fluorescent tube, and individual perspex letters 450mm. high.(In accordance with revised drawing received on 17.8.99)
35 Newland
Received 11 Dec 1998 - Decided98/742/F
Change of use from industrial to office and external alterations
Former Courtaulds Building Crofton Close Allenby Trading Estate.
Received 24 Dec 1998 - Decided98/740/F
Change of use of committee room within club buildings to office use (separate planning units)
Eastgate Bowls Tennis & Squash Club, Langworthgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AD
Received 10 Dec 1998 - Decided98/736/ADV
Display of: Externally illuminated fascia sign and 2 No. internally illuminated projecting signs.
35-36 Silver Street Lincoln LN2 1EN.
Received 9 Dec 1998 - Decided98/730/LBC
Display of metal sign over footpath entrance. (Proposal under Regulation 13 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (Application for Listed Building Concent).
The Lawn Centre Union Road LINCOLNLN1 3BJ
Received 4 Dec 1998 - Decided98/715/ADV
Display of an internally illuminated sign over entrance and an internally illuminated 3-sided forecourt sign. (in accordance with additional drawing received on 7 January 1999).
Lincoln House Interiors, Dixon Street, Lincoln.
Received 25 Nov 1998 - Decided98/698/ADV
Display of internally illuminated roof signs on three elevations of building. (In accordance with agents letter dated 6th January 1999).
Proposed Restaurant, Rope Walk, Lincoln
Received 17 Nov 1998 - Decided98/697/ADV
Display of various internally illuminated low level signs and traffic management road signs. (In accordance with agents letter dated 6th January 1999).
Proposed Restaurant, Rope Walk, Lincoln.
Received 17 Nov 1998 - Decided98/694/ADV
Display of one internally illuminated pole mounted sign at the junction of Rope Walk and Carholme Road Link.
Proposed Restaurant, Rope Walk, Lincoln
Received 17 Nov 1998 - Decided98/692/RD
Submission of details of lighting of external areas as required by condition number 5 of Approval of Reserved Matters ref. 98/157/RM.
Land South Of Brayford Pool Lincoln
Received 16 Nov 1998 - Decided2000/0644/RD
Submission of details of 2 way barrier car park control system as required by condition no. 2 of planning permission ref. 99/601/F granted on appeal 16th. August 2000 (Use of land as car park.)
Car Park Between Hungate And West Parade.
Received 30 Oct 2000 - Decided99/523/F
Change Of Use Of Ground Floor Of Premises From Education To Food And Drink (Class A3).
Ground Floor Free School Lane Block Free School Lane
Received 1 Sept 1999 - Decided99/195/F
Change Of Use of premises from vehicle/motorcycle sales to a tyre and exhaust fitting centre. (Re-submission).
F K Sharpe (Motor Cycles) Ltd, 69 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8AE
Received 26 Mar 1999 - Decided99/192/LBC
Formation of arch opening through boundary wall and erection of new gates. (In accordance with revised drawings received on 9.7.99).
17 Eastgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AA
Received 25 Mar 1999
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What these statistics cover
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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