Scothern Recreation Centre, Main Street, Scothern, Lincoln, LN2 2UJ Data via plota.co.uk

WL/2025/01096 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Planning application for the siting of 2no. shipping container to be used for storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Aug 2025
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Validated
5 Nov 2025
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Approved
31 Dec 2025

Approved on 31 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Potentially contaminated land
Public footpath 11 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Potentially contaminated landCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Scothern built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 9 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
LN2 2UJ
Received
11 Aug 2025
Validated
5 Nov 2025
Ward
SUDBROOKE
Parish
Scothern CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Dec 2025
Decision
Grant with conditions
Decision date
31 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 14 days faster than West Lindsey's median of 70 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.

37%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by West Lindsey in the last twelve months, from validation. West Lindsey decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
EC/2025/00875
Consultation
5 Nov 2025
Comments by
8 Dec 2025
Committee
18 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
31 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
West Lindsey
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#134 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Lindsey ranks #110 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 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
West Lindsey decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #70 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #123 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #110 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #187 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
80 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
33 decided
562
Total decisions
39 refused in the year to March 2026

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