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45 Richmond Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LQ

2026/0064/CLECertificate of Lawfulness ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 24 March 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Continued use of property as a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4). (Application for Certificate of Lawfulness).

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Carholme
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 39 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 45 Richmond Road Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1LQ. Lincoln has handled 71 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 2 weeks longer than Lincoln's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Carholme. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the LN1 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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
LN1 1LQ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Consultation start
19 February 2026
Consultation end
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
19 February 2026
Target decision date
11 April 2026
Decision issued
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
65 High Street Lincoln LN5 8AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
57 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Parade and BrayfordPart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: West Parade and Brayford, LincolnPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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.

Source: Lincoln

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