Land South Of Winter's Lane Long Bennington Newark NG23 5DW Data via plota.co.uk

S25/2494 - Public Rights of Way Awaiting decision

Proposal

Diversion of public footpath Long Bennington Public Footpath No.2 Public footpath to be diverted:- Part 1 - Description of Existing Path (55m) A public right of way running from point TF. 483652 345051 (designated point 'A') on drawing MSP. in a southerly direction to point TF. 483649 344996 (designated point 'C') on drawing MSP.. Part 2 - Description of Proposed Path (55m) A new public right of way is proposed running from point TF. 483641 345051 (designated point 'B') on drawing MSP. and then continuing south for 55m, and the route diversion ends at point TF. 483649 344996 (designated point 'C') on drawing MSP.. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
19 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Mar 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 12 Sept 2026; it is now day 250.

Site constraints 2

Public footpath 0 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Public Rights of Way
Postcode
NG23 5DW
Received
19 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Viking Ward
Parish
Long Bennington Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Mar 2026
Agent
Mike Sibthorp Planning

Decision outlook

Day 250, past the statutory target. 83% of full applications in South Kesteven are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 5 Sept 2026.

Day 250194 days past the 56-day target
33%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
276decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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