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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19,198 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Woodhall Drive Lincoln LN2 2DE
Received 30 Nov 2007202 Boultham Park Road Lincoln LN6 7TE
Received 12 Apr 200788 Rasen Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3HD
Received 8 Aug 20087 Geneva Avenue Lincoln LN2 4EA
Received 28 Aug 200719 Winnowsty Lane Lincoln LN2 5RZ
Received 25 Jul 20058 Winthorpe Grove Lincoln LN6 3PL
Received 21 Jul 200510 Abingdon Close Lincoln LN6 3UH
Received 21 Jul 2005Minster Practice, 2 Cabourne Court, Cabourne Avenue, Lincoln, LN2 2JP
Received 21 Dec 2007Walkers Smith Exchange Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3JZ
Received 31 Dec 2009Olsen Court Carlton Boulevard Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4HZ
Received 27 Jul 200967 Doddington Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7EY
Received 24 Jul 2009Unit 3, Carpetright Tritton Retail Park, Tritton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7AN
Received 23 Jul 200921 Melbourne Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3QF
Received 22 Jul 2009The Woodland Medical Practice Jasmin Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0QQ
Received 4 Jun 20097 Western Avenue Lincoln LN6 7SR
Received 10 Mar 2008Lakelands House (Formerly 1) Uldale Close Lincoln LN6 0XB
Received 21 Jul 200516 Finningley Road Lincoln LN6 0UP
Received 25 Jul 200514 Stenigot Grove Lincoln LN6 3PF
Received 19 Jul 200531 Abingdon Avenue Lincoln LN6 3LB
Received 19 Jul 20056 Sywell Close Lincoln LN6 3NY
Received 18 Jul 200527 Tudor Road Lincoln LN6 3LL
Received 13 Jul 20058 Beswick Close Lincoln LN6 3NB
Received 6 Jul 2005Haven House 33 Beaumont Fee Lincoln LN1 1EZ
Received 5 Jul 200531 Finningley Road Lincoln LN6 0UQ
Received 29 Jun 2005Records 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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