5 Stapleford Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2DR

2026/0443/CLECertificate of Lawfulness ExistingApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 September 2026

Council decision: Granted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

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

Received: 20 July 2026
Council: Lincoln City Council
Ward: Minster

ReceivedReceived20 Jul
ValidatedValidated20 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date15 Sep
DecidedDecided9 Sep

Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Stapleford Avenue Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 2DR. Lincoln has handled 71 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 9 days longer than Lincoln's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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: LN2 2DR
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 July 2026
Target decision date: 15 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 57 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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

Source: Lincoln

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