O/S Two Hoots Priory Road, Fishtoft, Boston PE21 0RF Data via plota.co.uk

B/26/0071 - Notification of Proposed Development Approved

Proposal

Notification under the Highways Act 1980, the Telecommunications Act 1984 and the Town and Country Planning Order 2015 for the installation of 1no. wooden telegraph pole (ref QLP2742) for the deployment of superfast broadband Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Feb 2026
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Approved
9 Feb 2026

Approved on 9 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

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 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. 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.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1169 m away: Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind (Generating Station).
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, 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
Boston
Application type
Notification of Proposed Development
Postcode
PE21 0RF
Received
6 Feb 2026
Validated
6 Feb 2026
Ward
Fishtoft Ward
Parish
Fishtoft
Target decision
26 Feb 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
9 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 3 days from validation, about the council's usual 1 days. Approved, as 97% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
29decided in the last year

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Public comments

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Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
26 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No