Castlegate House Rest Home 49 Castlegate Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6SN Data via plota.co.uk
Description
Change of use of former nursing home (Use Class C2) to a 20-bedroom home of multiple occupancy for up to 20 people (Use Class Sui Generis). Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Planning committee
Decided by South Kesteven Planning Committee on 23 Oct 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the proposal would provide housing while preserving the listed building and avoiding unacceptable effects on neighbours.
- Seven objections raised concerns about heritage, residential amenity, parking, crime, noise, waste and the quality of accommodation.
- The committee agreed to grant permission, subject to conditions, including management and crime-prevention measures.
Source: Plota analysis of South Kesteven's committee minutes of 23 Oct 2025.
Site constraints 6
Show all 22 with distances
- 4 mMiddlemore HouseGrade II
- 28 m25 and 26, CastlegateGrade II
- 30 mZion ChapelGrade II
- 31 m27, CastlegateGrade II
- 40 m28-30, CastlegateGrade II
- 43 m31 and 32, CastlegateGrade II
- 45 mCastlegate HouseGrade II
- 64 m47 and 48, CastlegateGrade II
- 72 mGranta HallGrade II
- 78 m15 and 16, CastlegateGrade II
- 84 m46, CastlegateGrade II
- 84 m14, CastlegateGrade II
- 86 mWesleyan Methodist ChapelGrade II
- 91 m33-37, CastlegateGrade II
- 92 m12 and 13, CastlegateGrade II
- 106 mBeehive InnGrade II
- 119 mElmer HouseGrade II
- 129 m6-8, CastlegateGrade II
- 138 mHer Majesty's Inspector of TaxesGrade II
- 143 mYork County Savings BankGrade II
- 147 m3-5, CastlegateGrade II
- 148 mKesteven Water Board OfficesGrade II
Checked on 16 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.