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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19,266 approved · 1,758 refused · 754 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2013/0743/TCO
1 Birch - 25% canopy reduction and pruning of sides.
13 Hamilton Road Lincoln LN5 8ED
Received 6 Jun 2013 - Decided2013/0704/TPO
To fell 5 Birch trees
25 Grosvenor Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0XT
Received 20 May 2013 - Decided2014/0751/TPO
To fell 1 Hornbeam
Eastlyn 46 Greetwell Road Lincoln LN2 4AX
Received 3 Oct 2014 - Decided2014/0750/TPO
To fell 1 dead Whitebeam.
17 Wigsley Road Doddington Road Lincoln LN6 3LA
Received 14 Oct 2014 - Decided2014/0748/TPO
To prune back branches of 1 Ash, 2 Sycamores and 2 Hawthorns to allow erection of scaffolding and construction of new property.
Land Adjacent To 400 Skellingthorpe Road Lincoln LN6 7YD
Received 9 Oct 2014 - Decided2014/0747/TPO
T1 (Oak):Removal of deadwood and lower epicormic growth. Pruning back of east facing brances overhanging the neighbouring garden to appropriate growth points by an amount not exceeding 2.5 metres.
70 Abingdon Avenue Lincoln LN6 3LE
Received 6 Oct 2014 - Decided2014/0746/TCO
To prune back 4 Holly trees identified as T1, T2, T4 and T6 to clear building and to reduce the height of 1 Holly T6 by 3 feet.
3 The Grove Lincoln LN2 1RG
Received 13 Oct 2014 - Decided2014/0740/TPO
To fell 1 Rowan.
24 Abingdon Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LE
Received 14 Oct 2014 - Decided2014/0593/TPO
T1 (Birch):Reduce the crown height by an extent not exceeding 2 metresCrown thin by an extent not exceeding 15%Crown lift and remove deadwoodT2 (Birch):Reduce the crown height by an extent not exceeding 2 metresCrown thin by an extent not exceeding 15%Crown lift and remove deadwood
7 Wedgewood Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LU
Received 11 Aug 2014 - Decided2014/0023/TPO
To fell 1 Oak tree.
12 Lindholme Road Doddington Park Lincoln LN6 3RQ
Received 14 Jan 2014 - Decided2014/0022/TPO
To fell 1 Prunus
2 Jacobean Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RB
Received 10 Jan 2014 - Decided2013/1209/TPO
To fell 1 Birch.
14 Baker Crescent Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0RN
Received 30 Oct 2013 - Decided2013/1208/TPO
To remove deadwood, reduce crown by 15%, prune back branches overhanging roof by 2.5 metres away from the gutter line, pruning of lower end branches to allow clear pedestrian and vehicular access to driveways of 2,3 metres above ground level and prune branches overhanging the highway to allow clearance of 5.3 metres above road level of 1 Oak.
59 Woodvale Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RD
Received 30 Oct 2013 - Decided2014/0478/TPO
Sycamore T25: Crown lift to 16 feet above ground level.Sycamore T26: Fell 1 Stem nearest the boundary of multi-stemmed Sycamore.
28 Wragby Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 4PD
Received 2 Jul 2014 - Decided2014/0477/TPO
Removal of deadwood and a crown reduction by pruning branches by an extent not exceeding 1.7 metres of 1 Oak (T1)
30 Abingdon Avenue Lincoln LN6 3LE
Received 2 Jul 2014 - Decided2014/0475/TPO
To reduce crown branches of an amount not exceeding 2 metres of 1 Birch to clear building.
5 Wedgewood Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3LU
Received 26 Jun 2014 - Decided2012/0469/TCO
To fell 1 Sycamore tree located in the centre of the Lucy Tower
The Lucy Tower, Lincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln, LN1 3AA
Received 25 Jul 2012 - Decided2014/0739/TPO
To fell 1 Silver Birch.
17 Higgins Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0RL
Received 1 Oct 2014 - Decided2014/0738/TPO
Beech T1 - To reduce crown by an extent not exceeding 3 metres on the north and south facing sides, 2- 3 metres on the east facing side and 2.5 metres on the west side. Crown Lift not exceeding 6 metres, cutting back of dangerous lateral limb to rot pocket and remove deadwood.Beech T2 - Crown lift not exceeding 6 metres, prune back canopy to allow 2 metres clearance to street lighting column. Crown reduction on the south facing side by an extent not exceeding 3 metres and remove deadwood.Spruce T3 - To fell Yew T4 - Prune back side of tree by 1.5 metres to clear garage.
Stoneycroft 1 The Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1RG
Received 23 Sept 2014 - Decided2013/1321/TRC
To fell 1 Birch T3 and to reduce the crowns of 2 Birches T1 and T2 by an amount not exceeding 20% to reshape.
2 Buttermere Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 0YD
Received 11 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1320/TPO
To fell 1 Birch in rear garden.
17 Lindholme Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3RQ
Received 10 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/1316/TCO
Crown reduction not exceeding 15% and crown lift to allow 5.3 metre clearance of 1 Red Horse Chestnut.
Land Adjacent To 1 Princess Royal Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 5RX
Received 9 Dec 2013 - Decided2013/0901/TPO
To fell 1 Oak and 1 Horse Chestnut.
5 Chancery Close Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 8SD
Received 12 Jul 2013 - Decided2013/0900/TPO
To fell 1 Scots Pine
26 Winthorpe Grove Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 3PL
Received 11 Jul 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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