Barn Adjacent To Ashtree Farm Leagate Road Gipsey Bridge Lincolnshire PE22 7BZ Data via plota.co.uk

00593/26/AGDH - Prior Approval-Ag to Dwelling House Approved

Proposal

Determination of whether or not prior approval is required as to a) transport and highways impacts of the development, b) noise impacts of the development, c) contamination risks on the site, d) flooding risks on the site, e) whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to 1no. dwelling which is a use falling within use Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order, f) the design or external appearance of the building and g) the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouse. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Apr 2026
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Validated
9 Apr 2026
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Consultation
15 Apr 2026
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Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1785 m away: Triton Knoll Electrical System; Priority habitat about 28 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Prior Approval-Ag to Dwelling House
Postcode
PE22 7BZ
Received
8 Apr 2026
Validated
9 Apr 2026
Ward
Sibsey And Stickney Ward
Parish
Thornton Le Fen
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Jun 2026
Decision
Not required
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Andrew Clover Planning And Design,

How this decision compares

Decided in 84 days from validation, 57 days slower than East Lindsey's median of 27 for agricultural works. Approved, as 95% of agricultural works here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
81decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by East Lindsey in the last twelve months, from validation. East Lindsey decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
15 Apr 2026
Comments by
21 May 2026
Site or press notice
30 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Lindsey
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#171 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Lindsey ranks #182 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Lindsey decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #36 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #105 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #182 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #206 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
146 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
24 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
109 decided
817
Total decisions
53 refused in the year to March 2026