Hill Top Farm , Marton, Gainsborough, DN21 5BB Data via plota.co.uk

WL/2025/01212 - Agricultural Determination over 5 hectares Approved

Proposal

Application for prior notification to erect an agricultural machine storage building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Dec 2025
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Validated
11 Dec 2025
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Approved
8 Jan 2026

Approved on 8 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Radon-affected area
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: West Burton Solar Project (decided, 399 m); Cottam Solar Project (decided, 399 m); Tillbridge Solar Project (decided, 778 m); Steeple Renewables Project (awaiting the Secretary of State's decision, 1279 m).
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.
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 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
Agricultural Determination over 5 hectares
Postcode
DN21 5BB
Received
9 Dec 2025
Validated
11 Dec 2025
Ward
TORKSEY
Parish
Marton CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jan 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
8 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
UKSD

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, about the council's usual 27 days. Approved, as 90% of prior approvals here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
105decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by West Lindsey in the last twelve months, from validation. West Lindsey decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2025/01266
Committee
10 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
8 Jan 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings