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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19,201 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 63 And 73 Yarborough Road Lincoln
Received 5 Dec 2002179 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7AF
Received 28 Nov 200210 Bailgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3AE
Received 20 Nov 2002Rear Of 23 Spencer Street, Lincoln, LN5 8JH
Received 20 Dec 2002Land Between 18A And 20 Carline Road, Lincoln.
Received 20 Nov 20029 Ashlin Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LE
Received 18 Oct 200242 Hartsholme Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HQ
Received 5 Jun 2003236 Boultham Park Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7SU
Received 29 May 20035 Stanthaket Court, Spring Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1HX
Received 21 May 200316 Clematis Approach, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0QD
Received 22 May 2003The Riverside Club (Former British Legion), Broadgate, Lincoln
Received 13 May 20031 Manor Leas Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8DE
Received 9 May 2003Former Marina Health Club, Lincoln Marina Brayford Pool, Lincoln.
Received 9 May 2003Wendy Hut, Greestone Centre, Lindum Road, Lincoln.
Received 14 May 200374B Winn Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5NH
Received 1 Jul 2002South East Corner Of Carlton Boulevard And Outer Circle Road, Lincoln.
Received 1 Jul 2002Jacksons (Lincoln) Laundry Ltd, Weir Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8DT
Received 28 Jun 200238-39 Silver Street, Lincoln, LN2 1ER.
Received 18 Jul 200274, Hemswell Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0AZ
Received 12 Jun 2002Small Beer Off Licence, Gresham Street, Lincoln
Received 12 Jun 200218A, Carline Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1HG
Received 6 Jun 2002Ropewalk Offices, Ropewalk, Brayford Pool Campus, Lincoln
Received 6 Jun 20021, Sibthorp Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7SP
Received 5 Jun 2002The Lawn Centre, Union Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3BJ
Received 20 Jun 2002Records 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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