Land at, Dunholme Road, Scothern, Lincoln, LN2 2UD Data via plota.co.uk

WL/2025/00739 - Full Planning Application - Major Live

Proposal

Planning application for solar photovoltaic (PV) farm development along with continued agricultural use, ancillary infrastructure, underground cabling and grid connection, and security fencing, landscaping provision and ecological enhancements Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
11 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 10 Oct 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 474.

The consultation period closed on 25 Aug 2025.

Site constraints 5

Potentially contaminated land
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 ↗
Potentially contaminated landCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Scothern 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
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 October 2026. 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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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Application - Major
Postcode
LN2 2UD
Received
11 Jul 2025
Validated
11 Jul 2025
Ward
SUDBROOKE
Parish
Scothern CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Third Revolution Projects Limited

Decision outlook

Day 474, past the statutory target. 63% of full applications in West Lindsey are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 22 Oct 2026.

Day 474418 days past the 56-day target
37%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by West Lindsey in the last twelve months, from validation. West Lindsey decision record →

Public comments

18comments received

Last counted 22 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2025/00750
Consultation
21 Jul 2025
Comments by
25 Aug 2025
Committee
14 Jul 2025
Statutory expiry
12 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
West Lindsey
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#134 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

West Lindsey ranks #110 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 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
West Lindsey decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #70 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #123 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #110 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #187 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
80 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
33 decided
562
Total decisions
39 refused in the year to March 2026