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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19,190 approved · 1,760 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Between 38 Robey Street And The Rear Of 49-54 High Street, Lincoln
Received 6 Apr 20041 Lilly's Road, Lincoln, LN1 3DH
Received 3 Feb 2004St Giles School Annexe, Lamb Gardens, Lincoln
Received 2 Feb 200430 Western Avenue Lincoln LN6 7SJ
Received 2 Feb 2004Exchange Arcade, Cornhill, Lincoln, LN5 7HJ
Received 4 Feb 2004Exchange Arcade, Cornhill, Lincoln, LN5 7HJ
Received 4 Feb 20044 Westgate Lincoln LN1 3AS
Received 27 Jan 200489 High Street Lincoln LN5 7QW
Received 29 Jan 2004156 Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LS
Received 23 Jan 2004Land At The Corner Of Brant Road And Newark Road, Lincoln.
Received 21 Jan 200483 Great Northern Terrace, Lincoln, LN5 8HJ
Received 20 Jan 2004Chesney Oaks, 51 Hall Drive, Lincoln LN6 7SW
Received 31 Dec 20039 St Annes Bedehouses, Sewell Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5QS
Received 9 Jan 200422 Curle Avenue Lincoln LN2 4AN
Received 19 Dec 2003Charles Warner, Outer Circle Road Lincoln LN2 4LD
Received 18 Dec 20031A Mint Lane (Formerly Mint Street Baptist Chapel), Lincoln LN1 1UD
Received 24 Dec 2003Land To Rear Of 52 & 54 Doddington Road, Lincoln.
Received 3 Feb 2004501 Newark Road Lincoln LN6 8RT
Received 12 Dec 20033 Westbrooke Road Lincoln LN6 7TB
Received 26 Jan 200422 Almond Avenue Lincoln LN6 0HB
Received 26 Nov 2003Garden Land Adjacent To 1 Heron View, Lincoln, LN6 Ojy.
Received 25 Nov 2003Former Concert Hall, Eastbourne Street, Lincoln.
Received 24 Nov 2003The Arboretum, Monks Road, Lincoln
Received 19 Nov 20039 Neustadt Court Lincoln LN2 1PG
Received 18 Nov 2003Records 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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