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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.
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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
19,190 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 16 And 18 College Close, Lincoln
Received 4 Mar 20042 Clive Avenue Lincoln LN6 7UH
Received 26 Feb 2004Former Sunday School, Church Of All Saints, Monks Road, Lincoln
Received 16 Mar 20049 Broadway Lincoln LN2 1SQ
Received 23 Feb 2004Bishop William Smith Gateway, Minster Yard, Lincoln.
Received 19 Feb 20041A Mint Lane (Formerly Mint St Baptist Chapel), Lincoln.
Received 19 Feb 2004Former Sunday School, Church Of All Saints Eastbourne Street, Lincoln.
Received 27 Apr 2004Former Sunday School, Church Of All Saints, Eastbourne Street, Lincoln.
Received 14 Apr 2004Garden Land To The Rear Of 151 Rookery Lane Lincoln LN6 7PW
Received 21 Apr 200448 Longdales Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 2JU
Received 6 May 200343-45 Roman Pavement Lincoln LN2 5RD
Received 1 May 200344 Lansdowne Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7PU
Received 1 May 200348 High Street/1 & 2 Robey Street, Lincoln.
Received 17 Apr 20038 Lisburn Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 8TB
Received 8 Apr 200322 Curle Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AN
Received 8 Apr 200344 Leconfield Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0NU
Received 15 Apr 20037 Ashworth Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7HN
Received 13 Mar 2003119A, Burton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3LN
Received 3 Mar 20036 Harris Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7PN
Received 4 Mar 200313 Ellesmere Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5QB
Received 26 Feb 200332 Hungate Lincoln LN1 1ET
Received 29 Sept 200446 Rookery Lane Lincoln LN6 7PY
Received 12 Dec 200312 Larne Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 9TY
Received 26 Jun 200317 Elsham Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3YZ
Received 25 Apr 2003Records 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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