Mayfield, Linwood Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3QE Data via plota.co.uk

WL/2026/00176 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Planning application for ground mounted solar array and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Feb 2026
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Validated
16 Feb 2026
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Committee
27 May 2026
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Approved
28 May 2026

Approved on 28 May 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by West Lindsey Planning Committee on 27 May 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised permission because the small array would cause no significant harm and would meet renewable-energy policy tests.
  • No residents, parish council or ward-member representations were received, and the applicant declined to speak.
  • The committee voted to grant permission, subject to an ecological mitigation plan and approved-plan conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation, speakers, debate, vote and conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of West Lindsey's committee minutes of 27 May 2026.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 2

Radon-affected area
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) 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.
Radon-affected areaCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 24 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
LN8 3QE
Received
5 Feb 2026
Validated
16 Feb 2026
Ward
MARKET RASEN
Parish
Market Rasen CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Apr 2026
Decision
Grant with conditions
Decision date
28 May 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ryland Design Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 101 days from validation, 39 days slower than West Lindsey's median of 62 for full applications. Approved, as 83% of full applications here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
11%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
PP/2026/00122
Consultation
23 Feb 2026
Comments by
25 May 2026
Committee
27 May 2026
Statutory expiry
28 May 2026
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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