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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
19,198 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Fat Face 305 High Street Lincoln LN5 7DR
Received 18 Sept 201369 Longdales Road Lincoln LN2 2JS
Received 18 Sept 201322 Ellison Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8QH
Received 29 Aug 201324 Sycamore Crescent Lincoln LN6 0RR
Received 28 Aug 201319 Hewson Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1RZ
Received 27 Aug 201330 Boultham Park Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7AY
Received 27 Aug 20131-3 Friars Lane Lincoln LN2 5AL
Received 9 Aug 201336 Addison Drive Lincoln LN2 4LG
Received 6 Aug 2013Francis Hill Court Church Lane Lincoln LN2 1QJ
Received 22 May 2014Land To Rear Of 39 Burghley Road Lincoln LN6 7YE
Received 20 May 201426 Finningley Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0UP
Received 8 Apr 201498 Macaulay Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4EP
Received 19 Jul 2013Hursley Lodge 2 Northgate Lincoln LN2 1QS
Received 9 Jul 201345 Ridgewell Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3QQ
Received 28 Jun 201357 Wigsley Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LA
Received 21 Jun 2013E2V Technologies Carholme Road Lincoln LN1 1SF
Received 21 Jun 201312 Swaythling Close Lincoln LN6 3DD
Received 21 Jun 201388 Newland Lincoln LN1 1YA
Received 7 Jun 201386 Newland Lincoln LN1 1YA
Received 7 Jun 201386 Newland Lincoln LN1 1YA
Received 7 Jun 201384 Newland Lincoln LN1 1YA
Received 7 Jun 2013Edward King House The Old Palace Lincoln LN2 1PU
Received 17 May 201365 Broughton Gardens Brant Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8SP
Received 17 Apr 201330 Somersby Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8AF
Received 17 Apr 2013Records 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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