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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19,190 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The Rear Of 110 Rasen Lane, Lincoln
Received 15 Mar 2005Land Adjacent To 7 The Grove, Lincoln
Received 15 Mar 20052 Bunkers Hill Lincoln LN2 4QP
Received 11 Mar 2005Unit B, The Glassmill, Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln, LN1 1YW
Received 10 Mar 2005St. Hilary's, 1 Sewell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5RY
Received 22 Feb 2005321 Newark Road, Lincoln.
Received 31 Mar 200526-30 Newland Lincoln LN1 1XG
Received 16 May 2005St. Marys Preparatory School, 5 Pottergate, Lincoln, LN2 1PH
Received 17 Feb 2005St Mary's Preparatory School, 5 Pottergate, Lincoln, LN2 1PH
Received 17 Feb 2005The Nomad Trust, 15A Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5HL
Received 14 Feb 2005The Priory Centre St Catherine's Church, St. Catherines, Lincoln, LN5 8DW.
Received 25 Feb 20054 Pottergate, Lincoln, LN2 1PH
Received 31 Jan 2005St. Clements Court, Chapel Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3AD
Received 2 Feb 2005Land Adjacent To 2 Clive Avenue, Lincoln
Received 26 Jan 200589 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7QW
Received 30 Mar 2005Land Adjacent To And At The Rear Of 8 The Grove, Lincoln, LN2 1RG.
Received 26 Jan 2005164 Nettleham Road, Lincoln, LN2 4DG
Received 6 Jan 2005270 Wragby Road Lincoln LN2 4PX
Received 7 Jan 2005Lincoln Christs Hospital School Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4PN
Received 23 Dec 2004Lincoln Christs Hospital School Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4PN
Received 23 Dec 2004Deanery, 18 Minster Yard, Lincoln, LN2 1PX.
Received 23 Dec 200498 Larne Road Lincoln LN5 9TP
Received 21 Dec 2004Land At Boundary Street, Lincoln
Received 13 Dec 200453 Danesgate Lincoln LN2 1ND
Received 14 Dec 2004Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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