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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 · 21,025 approved or refused records
1,758Refused applications
19,267 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2014/0074/TPO
To reduce crown of 1 Oak by an amount not exceeding 15%.
Land To The Rear Of 68 Camwood Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0PP
Received 30 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0073/TPO
To fell 2 Birch and 1 Oak.
7 Shaftesbury Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0QN
Received 30 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0062/TCO
To fell 1 Apple tree
9A Eleanor Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8PG
Received 28 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0061/TPO
To remove suckers, epicormic growth and deadwood from 1 Lime tree (T35)
Redlands 1 Doddington Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7EN
Received 22 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0060/TPO
To fell 4 Limes and 2 Maples
Trees Located On Highway At Carline Road Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 23 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0054/TRC
To fell 3 Birch trees.
8 Shearwater Road Lincoln LN6 Oxx
Received 24 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0037/TPO
Works to 1 Birch to include, crown lift pondulous branches to 2.5 metres above ground level, remove lower branches to the north and distorted branch, prune back second large limb north facing by 1/3 of its length, prune remaining crown to reduce, reshape and rebalance by an extent not exceeding 15%.
1 Tudor Road Lincoln LN6 3LL
Received 17 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0036/TPO
To fell 2 Oaks.
21 Lime Tree Close Lincoln LN6 Ort
Received 17 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0035/TCO
To reduce crown of 1 Sycamore by 30%.
21 Carline Road Lincoln LN1 1HL
Received 17 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0034/TCO
To prune and crown reduction by an amount not exceeding 20% to reshape and prune to allow statutory highway clearance of 1 Malus (T1).Reduce crown by an amount not exceeding 15% to reshape, remove sucker growth and prune to allow statutory highway clearance, 1 Purple Plum (T2).To reduce crown by an amount not exceeding 15% of 1 Yew (T3).
8 Northgate Lincoln LN2 1QS
Received 20 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0033/TPO
To prune the crown of 1 Yew to reshape by an extent not exceeding 15% (T3).
8 Northgate Lincoln LN2 1QS
Received 20 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0014/TRC
To fell 1 Silver Birch
15 Dellfield Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0EQ
Received 3 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0011/TPO
To fell 1 Birch
9 Chalgrove Way Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0QH
Received 23 Dec 2013 - Decided2014/0009/TPO
To fell 1 Scots Pine.
33 Grosvenor Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XT
Received 31 Dec 2013 - Decided2014/0006/TPO
To fell 3 Silver Birch
4 Swaythling Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3DD
Received 6 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0004/TRC
To crown clean and reduce crowns of 2 Silver Birch by 15%
70 Malham Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XD
Received 3 Jan 2014 - Withdrawn2014/0003/TCO
To pollard 4 Willows (T1 to T4) and remove 1 stem of 1 Willow (T5)
Lincoln Marina Campus Way Lincoln LN6 7GA
Received 3 Jan 2014 - Decided2013/1331/TPO
To fell 1 Evergreen Oak.
8 Chippendale Road Lincoln LN6 3PP
Received 12 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1330/TPO
To prune to allow footpath and highway clearance, removal of deadwood and removal of epicormic growth.
2 Wittering Close Lincoln LN6 3RP
Received 12 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1315/TCO
To reduce crown by an amount not exceeding 20% and removal of deadwood and epicormic growths of Lime (T1), reduce crown by an amount not exceeding 25%, removal of deadwood, weak, suppressed, crossing branches and epicormic growths (T2) and fell 2 Cedars (T3 and T4).
6 Princess Royal Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RX
Received 9 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1313/TCO
To crown lift to allow highway clearance of 13 trees (5 Birches (T1, T3 T6, T9, T13), 5 Maple (T2, T5, T7, T8, T12), 2 Cypress (T4, T11) Holly T10 ) and reduce crown of 1 Beech hedge (H1).
Flat 2 24A Eastgate Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4AA
Received 5 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1312/TCO
To fell 1 Cherry tree in front garden.
2 Cross O'Cliff Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8PP
Received 6 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1311/TPO
To crown lift not exceeding 4.5 metres and remove deadwood from 1 Oak in rear garden.
18 Grosvenor Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XT
Received 5 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1310/TPO
To remove 1 stem of multi-stemmed Willow in front garden.
2 Stenigot Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3PF
Received 6 Dec 2013
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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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