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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
19,195 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Church Lane Lincoln LN2 1QJ
Received 18 Jan 2016Units 8, 9 & 10 Sadler Court Sadler Road Lincoln LN6 3RG
Received 4 Jan 20167 Stirlin Point Sadler Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 4 Jan 2016Lincoln Cooperative Society Ltd Moorland Avenue Lincoln LN6 7QW
Received 21 Dec 201512 Dean Road Lincoln LN2 4DR
Received 17 Dec 2015Garages Wellington Street Rear Of 107, 109 And 111 Carholme Road Lincoln LN1 1PN
Received 11 Dec 2015Pentagon Group Mazda Garage Tritton Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 8 Dec 2015Land To Rear Of 73A, 75 & 77 Rookery Lane Lincoln LN6 7PP
Received 8 Dec 201514 College Close Lincoln LN1 3EA
Received 24 Feb 20159 Mayfair Avenue Lincoln LN6 7SH
Received 23 Feb 201512 Clarke Road Lincoln LN6 8SH
Received 20 Feb 201584 Hykeham Road Lincoln LN6 8AB
Received 18 Feb 2015St Faiths And St Martins Junior School Hampton Street Lincoln LN1 1LW
Received 29 Jan 2015Brayford Pool Campus Way Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 9 Feb 2015Plot 11 Willingham Avenue East Garage Site Ermine East Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 9 Feb 201573 Rookery Lane Lincoln LN6 7PP
Received 9 Feb 2015461A High Street Lincoln Lincoln LN5 8JA
Received 3 Jul 2014Norwich & Peterborough BLDG Soc 1 The Carlton Centre Lincoln LN2 4FN
Received 3 Jul 201421A The Avenue Lincoln LN1 1PD
Received 1 Jul 20145 Mainwaring Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4BL
Received 27 Jun 201418 Swaythling Close Lincoln LN6 3DD
Received 1 Jul 20141 Foxes Lane Lincoln LN6 7AJ
Received 23 Jun 201424 Church Lane Lincoln LN2 1QW
Received 24 Jun 2014The Veterinary Hospital 175 Newport Lincoln LN1 3DZ
Received 23 Jun 2014Records 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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