16 And 18 Market Place Folkingham Lincolnshire NG34 0SF Data via plota.co.uk

Decided S25/1889
Appeal
Allowed · 15 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004721 ↗
Date received
7 Oct 2025
Date validated
29 Oct 2025
Postcode
NG34 0SF

Description

Division of 1no. dwelling into 2no. dwellings. The erection of a porch side extension and 3 x rear extensions. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by South Kesteven Planning Committee on 22 Jan 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised granting the certificate because the subdivision and extensions had been in place long enough to become lawful.
  • The parish council raised no concerns, while members asked about the building’s condition, enforcement period and earlier alterations.
  • Members agreed to grant the lawful development certificate.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation, member debate and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of South Kesteven's committee minutes of 22 Jan 2026.

Site constraints 5

35 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 16, Market Place, Grade II, about 5 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 33 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 35 with distances
Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument about 73 m away: Folkingham Castle
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Folkingham 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

Checked on 11 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
Relevant to this application:
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%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
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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