Follow's Caravan Park Mary Lane Cold Harbour Grantham NG31 7TX Data via plota.co.uk

S26/0043 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Creation of additional highway access to transit caravan site with entry gates. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Jan 2026
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Approved
13 Apr 2026

Approved on 13 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Stable Block at Cold Harbour Farm, Grade II, about 1 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 3b
Not 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. A site survey can differ.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath about 26 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
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 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 Permission
Postcode
NG31 7TX
Received
12 Jan 2026
Validated
12 Jan 2026
Ward
Lincrest Ward
Parish
Old Somerby Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved conditionally
Decision date
13 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Michael Ellison Chartered Architect

How this decision compares

Decided in 91 days from validation, 29 days slower than South Kesteven's median of 62 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

42%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
327decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by South Kesteven in the last twelve months, from validation. South Kesteven decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14616043
Planning Portal ref
PP-14616043
Comments by
11 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
South Kesteven
Planning Authority Score
2.7/10
Poor
#244 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Kesteven is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #262 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Kesteven decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #100 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #118 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #262 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #270 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
110 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
55 decided
1,002
Total decisions
95 refused in the year to March 2026