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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 · 21,024 approved or refused records
1,758Refused applications
19,266 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2014/0205/TCO
To fell 1 Holly
Allotment Garden Vicars Court Lincoln Lincolnshire
Received 17 Mar 2014 - Decided2014/0156/TPO
To pollard 1 Willow
6 Carram Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1EP
Received 6 Mar 2014 - Decided2013/1150/TPO
To fell 1 Sycamore T41.
Dell Cottage 30 Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4PD
Received 11 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1149/TPO
To reduce crowns of 3 Birches by an amount not exceeding 15%, removal of deadwood and crown lift to allow clear pedestrian access and statutory highway clearance
1 Wedgewood Close Lincoln LN6 3LS
Received 9 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1148/TPO
To carry out selective thinning of woodland and includes the felling of: 9 Willows, 1 Sycamore, 12 Birches, 10 Oaks and 1 Horse Chestnut.
1 Goldcrest Close Lincoln LN6 0UX
Received 11 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1134/TPO
To fell 4 Birches T1, T3, T4 and T5, 1 Willow T2 and crown reduction not exceeding 25% to reshape the crown of 1 Willow T2A and crown reduction not exceeding 15% of 2 Birches T6 and T7.
83 Fulmar Road Lincoln LN6 0RX
Received 8 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1133/TCO
To prune to reshape, crown thin and crown clean of 1 Walnut not exceeding 15% and to fell 1 Prunus
6 James Street Lincoln LN2 1QE
Received 7 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1132/TPO
To remove dead and diseased limbs of Horse Chestnut.
33 Doddington Road Lincoln LN6 7EN
Received 7 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1131/TPO
To fell 1 Beech and 1 Birch.
11 Shearwater Close Lincoln LN6 0XU
Received 4 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1130/TCO
To reduce the crown of 1 Ash T2 by 50%.To reduce crown of Sycamore T3 not exceeding 3 metres and crown clean.To prune 1 Holly T10 to clear building.To fell 1 Malus T15 and 1 Laburnum T20.To reduce crown of 1 Horse Chestnut T17 by 35%.To crown clean, reduce 2 limbs remove branches away from building and shorten 2 limbs of 1 Sycamore T40.To remove limb of 1 Sycamore T41.To crown clean and crown lift for highway clearance 2 Sycamores T43 and T44.To crown clean and reduce crown by 20% of 1 Ash T48.To crown clean and remove split limb of 1 Ash T52.
Lincoln Minster School Prior Building Upper Lindum Street Lincoln LN2 5RW
Received 4 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1129/TCO
To reduce crown of 1 Birch by 20%.
19 Winnowsty Lane Lincoln LN2 5RZ
Received 4 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1117/TPO
To fell 1 Beech.
8 Goldcrest Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0UX
Received 27 Sept 2013 - Decided2013/1116/TPO
Crown reduction not exceeding 15%, the removal of deadwood and crown lift not exceeding 4.5 metres of 1 multi-stemmed Birch.
59 Wigsley Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LA
Received 2 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1115/TCO
To fell 1 Sycamore.
53 - 55 Victoria Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1HY
Received 2 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1109/TPO
To fell 1 Oak.
33 Sycamore Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0RR
Received 26 Sept 2013 - Decided2013/1249/TPO
Crown lift not exceeding 5 metres, crown reduction not exceeding 15% and crown thin not exceeding 15% including the removal of deadwood from 1 Birch T1, to fell 1 Birch (T2) and crown lift not exceeding 4 metres, crown reduction not exceeding 15% and crown thin not exceeding 15% including the removal of deadwood from 1 Birch T3.
38 Tudor Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LL
Received 14 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1245/TCO
To remove lower branch of 1 Mulberry T1.To prune back lower branches of 1 Horse Chestnut T2 to allow vehicular access.To prune to reshape 1 Holly T3.
The Old Palace Minster Yard Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1PU
Received 8 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1238/TPO
To fell 4 Silver Birches (T1, T3, T4, T5)To reduce crown by an amount not exceeding 15%, crown thinning not exceeding 10% and removal of deadwood to 1 Birch T2.To reduce height of 2 pines (T6 and T7) down to 6 metres.
53 Finningley Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0UQ
Received 12 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1237/TPO
Crown reduction of 1 Oak not exceeding 15%.
Land To The Rear Of 68 Camwood Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0PP
Received 12 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1233/TPO
To fell 1 Birch T4.
34 Abingdon Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LE
Received 7 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1231/TPO
To prune back limbs of 1 walnut T1 by an amount not exceeding 2 metres to clear building and reshape the crown.
33 West Parade Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1PE
Received 8 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1230/TPO
To crown thin 3 Sycamores not exceeding 15% and crown clean, T5281, T5279 and T4.To cut back 1 limb to 1 Sycamore T5276.To crown lift and reduce back lateral limb of 1 Lime T5.
The Lodge Christs Hospital Terrace Lincoln LN2 1LY
Received 8 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1225/TCO
To prune 1 Copper Beech tree for statutory pedestrian clearance of 2.3 metres above the footway.
19 Cross O'Cliff Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 8PN
Received 5 Nov 2013 - Decided2013/1224/TCO
To fell 1 Willow
17 James Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QE
Received 5 Nov 2013
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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