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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
19,188 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Russell Court, Lincoln.
Received 13 Jun 20007 Linnet Close Lincoln LN6 0JQ
Received 8 Sept 2003Stoneacre 108-116, Dixon Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DA
Received 2 Apr 20031, Ripon Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7NJ
Received 21 Aug 2002BG Holder Site, Clayton Road, Lincoln
Received 23 Feb 2001B.G. Holder Site Clayton Road
Received 23 Feb 200156 Coulson Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7BG
Received 21 Feb 200110 Mons Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3UD
Received 13 Mar 200032 Shearwater Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0XA
Received 1 Nov 2000239A Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0ET
Received 24 May 200016 Harrington Avenue, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7UP
Received 24 May 2000Manor Leas Infant & Middle School, Hykeham Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 8BE
Received 20 Aug 1999Land Off Lime Kiln Way
Received 18 Aug 1999Land Adjoining 37 Wolsey Way, Lincoln, LN2 4QH
Received 13 Aug 1999Garage Adjacent To 2 Upper Lindum Street
Received 10 Aug 19993 & 4 Silver Street, Lincoln.
Received 14 Aug 200114 Kingsdown Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0FB
Received 16 May 200123 Primrose Close, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 9XA
Received 16 May 2001Land To Rear Of 27-35 Turner Street
Received 20 May 1999134 Wragby Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4PH
Received 7 Jun 1999101 Yarborough Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3NE
Received 2 Jun 1999Adjacent To 10 Sincil Street (Plan No. GM/0912/SL)
Received 27 May 1999Land To The Rear Of 157 Hykeham Road
Received 12 May 199910 Cherry Grove, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 0HE
Received 12 May 1999Records 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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