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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19,190 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lincoln Christs Hospital School Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4PN
Received 4 Sept 200126 Rookery Lane, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7PY
Received 14 May 200122 Farrington Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0YG
Received 10 May 2001Imo Car Wash, Dixon Street, Lincoln, LN6 7DA.
Received 22 May 2001Mount Street Infant School, Mount Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3JG.
Received 3 May 20017 Alexandra Terrace, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 1JF
Received 30 Apr 20014 Earls Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7TY
Received 17 Apr 200167 Broadway, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1SG
Received 11 Apr 2001Lincoln Ymca Ltd, St. Rumbold Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 5AR
Received 10 Apr 2001Grantham Honda, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln
Received 25 Apr 20013 The Mead, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7LA
Received 16 Jul 2001168-169 High Street, Lincoln
Received 11 Apr 2001168-169 High Street, Lincoln
Received 11 Apr 20019 Sandwell Drive, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0XY
Received 19 Mar 2001Unit 6, Neighbourhood Centre, Birchwood, Lincoln
Received 9 Mar 2001Land To South-West Of Cardinal Close, Lincoln
Received 6 Mar 2001Swan Holme Tavern, Doddington Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3RX
Received 27 Feb 20013 Eastgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1QA
Received 14 Mar 200118 Queen Street, Lincoln.
Received 20 Feb 20014 Bradbury Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 9AP
Received 19 Feb 200112 St. Andrews Street, Lincoln
Received 23 Mar 2001187 Monks Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5JN
Received 24 Jun 200253, Elsham Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3YZ
Received 17 Jun 2002Eastwood Coach House, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AQ
Received 12 Mar 2002Records 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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