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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.
England · Local authority
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19,190 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
George Street, Great Northern Terrace Industrial Estate, Lincoln, Lincs, LN5 8LG.
Received 26 Jul 2006485 Skellingthorpe Road Lincoln LN6 0QW
Received 25 Jul 2005Former Longdales Tennis Club, Longdales Road, Lincoln, LN2 2JT.
Received 28 Jan 2005Lincoln Mosque, Orchard Street, Lincoln
Received 28 Jan 200525, 27 & 29 Greetwell Gate, Lincoln, LN2 4AW
Received 2 Feb 2005Flats 1 - 55, Lillicrap Court, Lincoln, LN1 3BB
Received 2 Feb 200518 Swanholme Close, Lincoln, LN6 3DE.
Received 1 Sept 2004Land At The Junction Of Wolsey Way & Nettleham Road, Lincoln
Received 31 Aug 200448 Bunkers Hill Lincoln LN2 4QP
Received 31 Aug 2004Ground Floor Front Rooms Of 32 And 33 Bailgate, Lincoln, LN1 3AP
Received 25 Aug 2004Bailhouse, 34 Bailgate, Lincoln, LN1 3AP
Received 24 Aug 2004St. Hilary's, 1 Sewell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5RY
Received 17 Aug 2004Lincoln Cathedral, Minster Yard, Lincoln, LN2 1PX.
Received 12 Aug 20044 Landmere Grove Lincoln LN6 0PD
Received 12 Aug 2004Former KDJ Haulage Premises, Wrightsway, Lincoln, LN2 4JY
Received 4 Aug 2004Land At Boundary Street, Lincoln
Received 30 Jul 2004Land Adjacent To No. 2 Clive Avenue, Lincoln.
Received 7 Oct 20045 Gray Street Lincoln LN1 3HH
Received 28 Jul 2004The Chapel, Edward King House, The Old Palace, Lincoln LN2, 1PU
Received 21 Jul 200439 Newark Road Lincoln LN5 8LS
Received 20 Jul 2004RMSC Playing Fields, Newark Road, Lincoln.
Received 20 Jul 200448 High Street/1 & 2 Robey Street Lincoln
Received 16 Jul 2004Lincoln Squash & Tennis Club, Langworthgate, Lincoln, LN2 4AD
Received 15 Jul 2004Land Between 38 Robey Street And The Rear Of 49-54 High Street, Lincoln.
Received 8 Jul 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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