Singleton Birch, Brigg Road, Melton Ross, Barnetby le Wold, DN38 6AE Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/202 - Outline planning permission Pending

Proposal

Outline planning permission for a hydrogen production facility including electrolyser equipment and buildings, hydrogen compressor and shelter, LP hydrogen compression, gas handling equipment and gas holders, hydrogen metering, cooling water package, refrigeration package, water purification and demineralisation including storage, main interconnecting pipe-racks and pipe-tracks, service buildings, electrical substations, security fencing, landscaping, sustainable drainage, biodiversity net gain and associated infrastructure and works with appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved for subsequent consideration Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 06:32

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Application progress

✓

Received

around 2 Mar 2026

Decision

Expected by 27 Apr 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 221.

The consultation period closed on 17 Apr 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Priority habitat: Lowland calcareous grassland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

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) 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.

Habitat network: Lowland calcareous grassland

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

Also on the record

National infrastructure project: H2East Pipeline: Humber to Nottinghamshire, 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 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: North Lincs
Application type: Outline planning permission
Postcode: DN38 6AE
Received: around 2 Mar 2026
Validated: 2 Mar 2026
Ward: Brigg and Wolds
Parish: Melton Ross
Case officer: Show

Decision outlook

Day 221, past the statutory target. 72% of outline applications in North Lincs are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 2 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 221165 days past the 56-day target

49%decided within 8 weeks

58%approved

9%go to committee

Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in North Lincs to go on. North Lincs decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 17 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Land North of the A18, Melton Ross Quarries, Barnetby, DN38 6AE

EIA screening request for the proposed construction and operation of a 10MW Hydrogen Prod…

PA/SCR/2025/6 3 Dec 2025

North Lincs

Planning Authority Score

4.6/10

Below average

#169 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

North Lincs ranks #123 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

North Lincs decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

86%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #195 of 296

91%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #177 of 296

70%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #123 of 296

44%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #182 of 296

70%

Minor dwellings approved

114 decided (1-9 homes)

79%

Major dwellings approved

14 decided (10+ homes)

78%

Change of use approved

37 decided

705

Total decisions

96 refused in the year to March 2026