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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19,267 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2013/1307/TCO
To pollard 14 Lime trees (T1 - T14)
Eastgate Tennis Club Langworthgate Lincoln LN2 4AD
Received 4 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1306/TPO
To fell 1 Oak (T1) and remove deadwood from 1 Oak (T2).
5 Chalgrove Way Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0QH
Received 1 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1305/TPO
To reduce crown by 15% and a crown lift to remove lowest whirl of 3 branches of 1 Birch tree (T1)
17 Cottesmore Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RH
Received 28 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1287/TPO
To prune back to old pruning wounds of 1 Oak.
216 Fulmar Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0RX
Received 29 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1271/TPO
To reduce height and spread of crown of 1 Birch (T1) by an amount not exceeding 3 metres.To crown lift, crown clean and remove deadwood to 1 Oak (T2).
21 Malham Drive Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XD
Received 20 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1270/TPO
To fell 2 Birch (T4 & T5) and to reduce crowns of 8 Birch trees (T1, T2, T3, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10) by an amount not exceeding 15%, and reduce the crown of 1 Birch (T11) by an amount not exceeding 20%.
11 Leeming Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RW
Received 21 Nov 2013 - Decided98/229/F
Part refurbishment of existing retail warehouses, erection of local neighbourhood supermarket and associated improvements to existing car parking and landscaping.
Land At Tritton Road/Matilda Road Ex Payless Building And Adj. 3 Units
Received 15 Apr 1998 - Decided98/215/ADV
Display of one large internally illuminated sign.Two internally illuminated 'blue board' signs either side of main sign.One internally illuminated sign above the main entrance.Four posterboards either side of main entrance.
Unit 4, Tritton Retail Park, Lincoln
Received 1 Apr 1998 - Decided98/208/ADV
Display of 8 signs (including 2 illuminated)
Howdens Joinery, Tritton Road, Lincoln,LN6 7QY
Received 26 Mar 1998 - Decided98/195/F
Alterations to front and rear elevations.
Unit 3 Tritton Retail Park
Received 23 Mar 1998 - Decided2014/0677/TPO
To fell 1 Oak
5 Stenigot Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3PF
Received 28 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0673/TCO
1 Yew tree: Cut back branches to boundary of property to a height of 16 feet above ground level.To fell 2 Elms regenerated from a stump.
28 Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4PD
Received 20 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0666/TCO
Remove dead from 1 Mulberry and fell 1 Sycamore at 10 Minster Yard and fell 1 Elder at 2 Minster Yard.
2 And 10 Minster Yard Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1PJ
Received 1 Sept 2014 - Decided2014/0648/ADV
Display of 1 non illuminated fascia signs and 1 externally illuminated wall mounted sign.
5 Dean Road Lincoln LN2 4DR
Received 28 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0614/TCO
To prune branches of 1 Walnut, 1 Hawthorn and 1 Beech located at 10 Minster Yard and 1 Elder and 1 Holly located at 2 Minster Yard for clearance to BT telephone cables.
2 And 10 Minster Yard Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1PJ
Received 22 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0613/TPO
To fell 3 Silver Birch
42 Grosvenor Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XT
Received 20 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0612/TCO
To prune to retain form and crown thin by approximately 20%:T1 Yew, T2 Tulip tree, T3 Cherry, T4 and T5 Hawthorn, T6 Acer and T7 Damson.
16 Drury Lane Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3BN
Received 20 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0611/TCO
To crown lift and prune back 1 Beech and 1 Chestnut to allow 4 to 5 metre clearance from the building.
St Annes Bedehouse Lindum House Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RY
Received 29 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0607/F
Change of use from B2 to Vehicle Rentals (Sui Generis)
5 Dean Road Lincoln LN2 4DR
Received 28 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0587/F
Conversion of existing ground floor retail unit (A1) to form three 2 bedroom apartments, with associated external alterations.
52 Larchwood Crescent Lincoln LN6 0ND
Received 13 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0463/TPO
To reduce crown of 1 Oak (T2) to produce crown dimensions of 18 feet in height and 9 feet in radius.To reduce crown of 1 Oak (F1) to produce crown dimensions of 18 feet in height and 8 feet in radius.To Fell 2 Oaks (T3 and T5)To remove 1 cracked limb and 2 other limbs of 1 Prunus (T6)
19 Wigsley Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LD
Received 26 Jun 2014 - Decided2014/0433/TPO
To crown thin 1 Oak by 15%, crown lift and crown reduce by 1.5 metres.
4 Abingdon Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3UH
Received 11 Jun 2014 - Decided2014/0637/TPO
To fell 2 Oaks (T1 & T3) and pruning back of lateral branches to appropriate growth point and pruning points by an extent not exceeding 1.3metres to 1 Oak (T2).
76 Abingdon Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LE
Received 8 Sept 2014 - Decided2014/0206/TPO
To fell 3 Oaks
43 Shearwater Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0UZ
Received 14 Mar 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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