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5 James Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QE

2026/0044/HOUHouseholderApproved

Approved on 6 March 2026

Council decision: Granted ConditionallyDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a garden room within rear garden.

Received
21 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Minster
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 5 James Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1QE. Lincoln has handled 175 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days. The site is in the Cathedral and City Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Minster. We hold 1,443 applications in total for the LN2 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Lincoln City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LN2 1QE
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
20 February 2026
Consultation start
28 January 2026
Consultation end
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
28 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 February 2026
Last date for comments
20 February 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026
Permission expires
6 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14641473
Documents
7
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (17)

flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Jan

    Erection of a garden room within rear garden. (Listed Building Consent).

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2026/0045/LBC
  2. 2026
    21 Jan

    Erection of a garden room within rear garden.

    This applicationApprovedFull2026/0044/HOU

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Jan

    Erection of a free-standing, open top pergola to rear.

    ApprovedHouseholder2026/0020/HOU

Source: Lincoln

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