Land Off High Street, Marton, Gainsborough, DN21 5AW Data via plota.co.uk

WL/2026/00169 - Full Planning Application Live
Solar & renewables

Proposal

Planning application for construction and operation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) of up to 10 MW export capacity, with other associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jan 2026
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Validated
16 Feb 2026
Decision
Target date was 13 Apr 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 31 Oct 2026; it is now day 257.

The consultation period closed on 23 Mar 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Potentially contaminated land
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
National infrastructure project: Gate Burton Energy Park
The site is inside the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Tillbridge Solar Project (decided, the site is inside its boundary); West Burton Solar Project (decided, the site is inside its boundary); Cottam Solar Project (decided, the site is inside its boundary).
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.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
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 3. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Potentially contaminated landCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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

Council
West Lindsey
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
DN21 5AW
Received
28 Jan 2026
Validated
16 Feb 2026
Ward
TORKSEY
Parish
Marton CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
UKSD Developments

Decision outlook

Day 257, past the statutory target. 63% of full applications in West Lindsey are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Oct 2026.

Day 257201 days past the 56-day target
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 →

Public comments

3comments received

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00076
Consultation
18 Feb 2026
Comments by
23 Mar 2026
Committee
28 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Warwick House 68 High Street Marton Gainsborough DN21 5AW
Planning application to rebuild existing structure with insulated sip panels and insulate…
144739
2022 Approved
Warwick House 68 High Street Marton Gainsborough DN21 5AW
Planning application to rebuild existing structure with insulated sip panels and insulate…
144739
2020 Approved
Land adj 63 High Street Marton Gainsborough DN21 5AL
Planning application for the erection of a barn stable being the removal of condition 5 o…
140762
2020 Approved
Land adj 63 High Street Marton Gainsborough DN21 5AL
Planning application for the erection of a barn stable being the removal of condition 5 o…
140762
2020
Land at High Street Marton Gainsborough DN21 5AL
Planning application for the change of use of agricultural land to equine grazing land.
140441
2020
Land at High Street Marton Gainsborough DN21 5AL
Planning application for the change of use of agricultural land to equine grazing land.
140441
2017 Refused
Site north of Chestnut House, High Street, Marton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5AW
Outline planning application to erect 1no. dwelling - all matters reserved.
136562
2017 Refused
Site north of Chestnut House, High Street, Marton, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5AW
Outline planning application to erect 1no. dwelling - all matters reserved.
136562
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings