De Aston School, Willingham Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3RF Data via plota.co.uk

WL/2026/00775 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Planning application for the installation of 2no. air source heat pump compounds. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Aug 2026
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Approved
16 Oct 2026

Approved on 16 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Potentially contaminated land
Grade II listed: De Aston School Headmaster's House
List entry 1165972 · 17 m away
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Market Rasen built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
LN8 3RF
Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Ward
MARKET RASEN
Parish
Market Rasen CP
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Grant with conditions
Decision date
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Eddisons Commercial Ltd
Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 14 days faster than West Lindsey's median of 70 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.

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 →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00794
Consultation
26 Aug 2026
Comments by
28 Sept 2026
Committee
21 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Oct 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

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.