Land east of Normanby Road, SCUNTHORPE, DN15 9BE Data via plota.co.uk

Decided PA/SCR/2026/752 - Screening Opinion

Council

North Lincs 4.6/10

Date received

around 1 Jul 2026

Date validated

1 Jul 2026

Decision date

13 Aug 2026

Postcode

DN15 9BE

Type

Screening Opinion

Description

EIA screening request for the construction of data centre buildings with associated solar farm, including installation of external plant equipment and structures, landscaping and other associated ancillary works.’ Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:07

Site constraints 5

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 4. 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.

National infrastructure project about 213 m away: North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park

The site is about 213 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

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Local nature reserve about 246 m away: Conesby Quarry

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

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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North Lincs

Planning Authority Score

4.6/10

Below average

#169 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Lincs ranks #123 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

North Lincs decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

86%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #195 of 296

91%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #177 of 296

70%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #123 of 296

44%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #182 of 296

70%

Minor dwellings approved

114 decided (1-9 homes)

79%

Major dwellings approved

14 decided (10+ homes)

78%

Change of use approved

37 decided

705

Total decisions

96 refused in the year to March 2026