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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19,190 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Hallam Grove Lincoln LN6 7SL
Received 14 Dec 2004Land At Dial House, Riseholme Road, Lincoln
Received 9 Mar 200543 Hope Street Lincoln LN5 7UJ
Received 8 Dec 2004Former Kitsons Store, Wigford Yard, Lincoln
Received 8 Dec 2004McDonalds Restaurants, The Carlton Centre, Outer Circle Road, Lincoln. LN2 4UX.
Received 3 Dec 2004Land To Rear Of 114 Nettleham Road, LN2 1RR
Received 19 Dec 2005St Benedict's War Memorial, High Street, Lincoln
Received 19 Oct 2005Church Hall And Vestry, St Giles, Lamb Gardens, Lincoln
Received 21 Jun 2005Blenkin Hall, St. Johns Road, Lincoln LN1 1DR
Received 13 Jun 2005St Peter In Eastgate, Greetwell Gate Lincoln LN2 4AW
Received 10 Jun 2005The Priory Centre St Catherine's Church, St. Catherines, Lincoln, LN5 8DW.
Received 25 Feb 2005Land Adjacent To Site Of 18 Queen Street, Lincoln.
Received 2 Feb 2005Land Between 16 And 18 College Close, Lincoln
Received 1 Feb 2005181 Bunkers Hill Lincoln LN2 4QU
Received 2 Dec 2004Burton Road Post Office, 96 Burton Road, Lincoln
Received 7 Dec 2004Land Adjacent To Flats 122/124, Woodfield Avenue, Lincoln
Received 6 Oct 20042 Brattleby Crescent Lincoln LN2 2EB
Received 1 Oct 2004RMSC Site, Newark Road, Lincoln, LN6 8RZ
Received 17 Nov 200657 Greetwell Road Lincoln LN2 4AZ
Received 27 Sept 2006Land To The Rear Of 114 Nettleham Road Lincoln LN2 1RR
Received 20 Oct 20069 Hallam Grove, Lincoln, LN6 7SL
Received 3 Mar 20057 West Parade, Lincoln, LN1 1NL
Received 3 Mar 2005354-355 High Street, Lincoln, LN5 7BN
Received 17 Mar 200585 Newland Street West, Lincoln, LN1 1QF
Received 28 Feb 2005Records 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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