Tothby Manor Tothby Alford Lincolnshire LN13 0EP Data via plota.co.uk

00680/26/ABC - Prior Approval - Agricultural/Forestry Approved

Proposal

Determination of whether or not prior approval is required for the siting, design and external appearance or the agricultural storage building to be erected. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:57

Application progress

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Received

24 Apr 2026

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Consultation

28 Apr 2026

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Approved

19 May 2026

Approved on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 4

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Tothby Manor House, Grade II, about 3 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Agricultural land, grade 2

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 3. 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

Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 198 m away: Eastern Green Link 5, at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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

Council: East Lindsey
Application type: Prior Approval - Agricultural/Forestry
Postcode: LN13 0EP
Received: 24 Apr 2026
Validated: 24 Apr 2026
Ward: Alford
Parish: Alford
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 May 2026
Decision: Not required
Decision date: 19 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Rase Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, about the council's usual 27 days. Approved, as 95% of agricultural works here are.

This one25d

Council27d

UK44d

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

Alt. reference: PP-14877711
Planning Portal ref: PP-14877711
Consultation: 28 Apr 2026
Comments by: 6 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 21 May 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

Tothby Manor Tothby Alford Lincolnshire LN13 0EP Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Site constraints 4

Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates