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01373/26/AGDH - Prior Approval-Ag to Dwelling House Approved

Proposal

Determination of whether or not prior approval is required as to a) transport and highways impacts of the development, b) noise impacts of the development, c) contamination risks on the site, d) flooding risks on the site, e) whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to a dwelling which is a use falling within use Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order, f) the design or external appearance of the building and g) the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouse. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 03:00

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Application progress

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Received

19 Aug 2026

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Validated

21 Aug 2026

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Consultation

25 Aug 2026

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Approved

15 Oct 2026

Approved on 15 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 5

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) agrees.

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.

Public footpath 20 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; National infrastructure project: Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4, at pre-application.

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, 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

Council: East Lindsey
Application type: Prior Approval-Ag to Dwelling House
Postcode: PE23 5QZ
Received: 19 Aug 2026
Validated: 21 Aug 2026
Ward: Croft Ward
Parish: Great Steeping
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Oct 2026
Decision: Not required
Decision date: 15 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Hyde Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 28 days slower than East Lindsey's median of 27 for agricultural works. Approved, as 95% of agricultural works here are.

This one55d

Council27d

UK46d

78%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

81decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 17 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15169294
Planning Portal ref: PP-15169294
Consultation: 25 Aug 2026
Comments by: 22 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 1 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 16 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

East Lindsey

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#171 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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