Sport Court Wyndham Park Hill Avenue Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 9BB Data via plota.co.uk

Decided S25/1268
Date received
4 Jul 2025
Date validated
1 Aug 2025
Postcode
NG31 9BB

Description

Change the use of the existing basketball court to a skate park. This includes removal of the existing Muga Goals that are installed in the ground. Existing concrete surface cracks will be filled and smoothed to create a suitable surface for wheeled sports to participate to create a safe Skate Park. Galvanised steel skate ramps will be created on the existing surface. Installation of permanent 1.0m high fencing would be placed around the site area. Skate park ramps, bowls, street obstacles and rails would be installed made of galvanised steel. This would be a maximum of 3m in height in limited areas. There would be approximately 10 pieces of equipment installed. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by South Kesteven Planning Committee on 28 Aug 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised granting the certificate because the works fell within permitted development rights and did not change the recreational use.
  • Members asked about current use, retaining the basketball court and the site’s previous skateboard use.
  • The committee agreed to grant the Lawful Development Certificate.

Source: Plota analysis of South Kesteven's committee minutes, South Kesteven Planning Committee minutes, 28 August 2025 .

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 2; Inside the Grantham built-up area; Heritage at risk about 99 m away: Grantham.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

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South Kesteven
Planning Authority Score
2.7/10
Poor
#244 of 296 councils
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Householder decisions

South Kesteven is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #262 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 60% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

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South Kesteven decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #100 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #118 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #262 of 296
60%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #270 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
110 decided (1-9 homes)
90%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
55 decided
1,002
Total decisions
95 refused in the year to March 2026