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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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Lincoln planning applications
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
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates24,558Searchable applications
220Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 21,026 approved or refused records
1,758Refused applications
19,268 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1998 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Local Plan PoliciesPre-application advice Planning ApplicationsConservation areas Conservation, Archaeology and PlanningArticle 4 directions Houses in Multiple Occupancy
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01522873474Council source
- Planning enquiriesdevelopmentteam@lincoln.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01522873760Council source
- Planning enquiries01522873478Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided98/112/O
Erection of dwellings and means of access.
Land Off Anchor Street
Received 17 Aug 1998 - Decided98/110/F
Replacement of a pitched roof with a new flat roof, a rear single storey building and installation of a new shopfront.
131 High Street & Flat To The Rear.
Received 20 Feb 1998 - Decided98/106/O
Erection of three dwellings and the formation of a vehicular access between 15 and 17 Swallowbeck Avenue. (Outline)
Land To Rear Of 83 Doddington Road, Off Swallowbeck Avenue
Received 19 Feb 1998 - Decided98/103/F
Retention of a portable building to the rear of the main premises.
Ambulance Station, South Park Avenue, Lincoln
Received 18 Feb 1998 - Decided98/101/F
Extension of existing single garage to form double garage.
231 Boultham Park Road, Lincoln, LN6 7SQ
Received 18 Feb 1998 - Decided2014/0771/HPA
Erection of a conservatory extending 4.00 metres beyond the rear wall to a maximum height of 4.00 metres and eaves height of 2.45 metres.
26 Wake Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3HS
Received 28 Oct 2014 - Decided2014/0685/HPA
Erection of a single storey rear extension, extending 5.00 metres beyond the rear wall to a maximum height of 3.30 metres and eaves height of 2.40 metres.
78 Astwick Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7LL
Received 23 Sept 2014 - Decided2014/0680/TPO
T1 (Birch):Reduce the crown height by an extent not exceeding 2 metresCrown thin by an extent not exceeding 2 metresCrown lift and remove deadwoodT2 (Birch):Reduce the crown height by an extent not exceeding 2 metresCrown thin by an extent not exceeding 2 metresCrown lift and remove deadwood
2 Gothic Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LN
Received 11 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0679/TCO
To fell 1 Conifer T1, and 1 Malus T2.To prune to reshape 1 Conifer T3 and 1 Gingko T4.
12 James Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QE
Received 10 Sept 2014 - Decided2014/0154/TPO
To reduce crown of Silver Birch by 50%
50 Abingdon Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LE
Received 27 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0151/TPO
To fell 1 Birch
81 Fulmar Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0RX
Received 27 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0150/TCO
To Fell 2 Ash and 1 Sycamore
4 Princess Royal Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RX
Received 27 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0119/TCO
To fell 1 Rowan.
11 Wainwell Mews Lincoln LN2 4BF
Received 21 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0110/TPO
To remove deadwood and reduce crowns by 15% of 2 Oaks and 2 Birches.
41 Winthorpe Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3PJ
Received 18 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0104/TCO
Crown reduction and reshape not exceeding 25%, crown clean and remove lower branches growing towards water of 2 Willow (T1 & T3). To fell 2 Willow (T2 & T4). Reduce back from mooring by an extent not exceeding 2 metres of 1 Willow (T5).
Lincoln Marina Campus Way Lincoln
Received 13 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0103/TPO
To reduce main trunk of the tree by 50%.
14 Rochester Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XQ
Received 17 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0100/TPO
To fell 2 Scots Pine and prune to reshape and rebalance by incorporating a crown reduction not exceeding 20% to 1 Birch.
27 Grosvenor Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XT
Received 13 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0094/TCO
To fell 1 Sorbus
Horse And Groom Carholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1RH
Received 10 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0089/TPO
To reduce crown height and spread of 1 Oak by 2 metres, crown lift to 4.5 metres and crown clean.
18 Grosvenor Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XT
Received 6 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0079/TCO
To remove epicormic growth and deadwood of 3 Lime trees ( T1, T2 & T3), reduce crown by 15% and west facing branches by an extent not exceeding 2 metres of 1 Lime tree (T4), and to fell 1 Larch (T5)
Vallum House 38 Church Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QJ
Received 21 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0078/TPO
To fell 1 Oak
29 Finningley Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0UQ
Received 3 Feb 2014 - Decided2014/0077/TRC
To crown clean, remove deadwood, reduce and reshape crown of 1 Oak by an extent not exceeding 15%.
59 Malham Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XD
Received 21 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0076/TCO
To crown lift to 3 metres, remove deadwood and remove epicormic and secondary growth from trunk of 1 Lime (T2). To remove deadwood and crown lift to 3 metres of 1 Sycamore (T3). To prune for boundary clearance 1 Cherry (TG1).
St Nicholas House 70 Newport Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3DP
Received 21 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0075/TPO
To crown lift to 3 metres 1 Whitebream (T4). To remove deadwood, and reduce height and spread of crown by 2 to 3 metres of 1 Sycamore (T5). To fell 1 Sycamore (T6). To remove epocormic growth, crown lift to 5 metres, prune back lateral spread over neighbouring property by a maximum of 2 metres of 1 Lime (T8). To remove deadwood, and reduce height and spread by a maximum of 4 metres of 1 Ash (T9). To reduce height and spread by an amount not exceeding 2.5 metres and thin crown by an amount not exceeding 10% of 1 Beech (T10).
St Nicholas House 70 Newport Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3DP
Received 21 Jan 2014
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What these statistics cover
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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