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01550/26/ACD - Prior Approval Comm to dwelling Awaiting decision

Proposal

Determination of whether or not prior approval is required for the (a) transport and impacts of the development, particularly to ensure safe site access; (b) contamination risks in relation to the building; (c) flooding risks in relation to the building; (d) impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development; (e) where - (i) the building is located in a conservation area and (ii) the development involves a change of use of the whole or part of the ground floor, the impact of that change of use on the character or sustainability of the conservation area; (f) the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouse; (g) the impact on intended occupiers of the development of the introduction of residential use in an area the authority considers to be important for general or heavy industry, waste management, storage and distribution, or a mix of such uses; and (h) where the development involves the loss of services provided by - (i) a registered nursery, or (ii) a health centre maintained under section 2 or 3 of the National Health Service Act 2002(a), the impact on the location provision of the type of services lost for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of Schedule 1 to that Order. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
24 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 18 Nov 2026 and 28 Nov 2026, from East Lindsey's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 23 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 2

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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.
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 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
Prior Approval Comm to dwelling
Postcode
LN4 4YG
Received
17 Sept 2026
Validated
24 Sept 2026
Ward
Coningsby And Mareham Ward
Parish
Revesby
Target decision
19 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. East Lindsey usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target
52%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
102decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by East Lindsey in the last twelve months, from validation. East Lindsey decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
2 Oct 2026
Consultation
2 Oct 2026
Comments by
23 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Lindsey
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#171 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

East Lindsey ranks #182 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. 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
East Lindsey decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #36 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #105 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #182 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #206 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
146 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
24 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
109 decided
817
Total decisions
53 refused in the year to March 2026

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