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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
19,194 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Peacock, 23 Wragby Road, Lincoln, LN2 5SH
Received 25 Mar 2008255 & 256 High Street Lincoln LN2 1HW
Received 20 Mar 2008North Witham Bank (Glory Hole), To The Rear Of 211 High Street, Lincoln
Received 4 Mar 2008Charlotte House Hotel, The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, LN1 3BJ
Received 26 Feb 2008Charlotte House Hotel, The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, LN1 3BJ
Received 12 Mar 2008Charlotte House, The Lawn, Union Road Lincoln LN1 3BJ
Received 26 Feb 2008Fortuna School, Kingsdown Road, Lincoln, LN6 0FB
Received 25 Feb 20081 Hermit Street Lincoln LN5 8EF
Received 7 Mar 2008North Witham Bank (Glory Hole), To The Rear Of 211 High Street, Lincoln
Received 13 Feb 200851 Chapel Lane Lincoln LN1 3AZ
Received 21 Jan 20083 Shearwater Close Lincoln LN6 0XU
Received 8 Jan 200856 & 56A Skellingthorpe Road Lincoln LN6 7RB
Received 7 Jan 2008Lincoln Minster School, Upper Lindum Street, Lincoln, LN2 5RN
Received 28 Dec 2007Former Ta Centre Newport Lincoln LN1 3DU
Received 9 Oct 200985 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7QW
Received 7 Oct 2009The Old Dairy Stonefield Close Off Church Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QR
Received 22 Jul 200948 Grange Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8DA
Received 22 Jul 2008285 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7AL
Received 7 Jul 2008Bishop Grosseteste College, Newport Lincoln LN1 3DY
Received 19 Dec 2007The Priory Centre, St Catherines Church, St Catherine's, Lincoln.
Received 4 Jan 20081 Flavian Road (Formerly Office Unit A Nettleham / Lincoln Road) Lincoln
Received 5 Sept 200826A Bailgate Lincoln LN1 3AP
Received 15 Aug 2008Boots Plc, 311- 312 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7DZ
Received 25 Jan 200812D Hawthorn Road Lincoln LN2 4QX
Received 25 Jan 2008Records 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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