Land To The North Of Heath Lane Navenby LN5 0AY Data via plota.co.uk

26/0575/FUL - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Proposed electricity substation comprising the construction of a 400kV Air Insulated Switchgear (AIS) substation and associated works, new access off Heath Lane and access road to the substation, provision of four temporary passing places on Heath Lane, drainage, landscaping and BNG, together with overhead line works including the provision of four new towers and associated works comprising the removal of two existing overhead line towers and the termination of overhead lines using termination gantries within the substation. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 08:36

Application progress

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Received

12 May 2026

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Validated

9 Jul 2026

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Consultation

31 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 8 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 92.

The consultation period closed on 2 Sept 2026.

Documents 278

Statements & assessments 91

Plans & drawings 62

Application forms 2

PDF Comment form scopwick and kirkby green parish council? Consultee Correspondence · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application form - without personal data Application Form · 12 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 94

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 23 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 22 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Climate change comments Consultee Correspondence · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Navenby parish council comments Consultee Correspondence · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Natural england - annex a Consultee Correspondence · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour/ Public Correspondence · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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 2. 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.

National infrastructure project about 632 m away: Fosse Green Energy

The site is about 632 m from the project boundary. Generating station, examination closed, recommendation due. Also within 2 km: Springwell Solar Farm (decided, about 659 m); Leoda Solar Farm (withdrawn, about 71 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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

Council: North Kesteven
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: LN5 0AY
Received: 12 May 2026
Validated: 9 Jul 2026
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Charlie Christensen

Decision outlook

Day 92, past the statutory target. 77% of commercial and major works in North Kesteven are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 9236 days past the 56-day target

45%decided within 8 weeks

94%approved

33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by North Kesteven in the last twelve months, from validation. North Kesteven decision record →

Public comments

952comments received

943 objecting7 neutral2 supporting

99% object · above the UK average of 74%

104 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14898568
Planning Portal ref: PP-14898568
Neighbours: 31 Jul 2026
Consultation: 31 Jul 2026
Comments by: 2 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 23 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 8 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Chestnuts Vine House Farm Heath Lane Navenby Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 0AY

T1 / T6 Horse Chestnut - 3m crown lift of driveway; 2-3m reduction of longer limbs to cle…

20/0009/TPO 3 Feb 2020

2020 Approved

Chestnuts Vine House Farm Heath Lane Navenby Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 0AY

T1 / T6 Horse Chestnut - 3m crown lift of driveway; 2-3m reduction of longer limbs to cle…

20/0009/TPO 3 Feb 2020

North Kesteven

Planning Authority Score

6.5/10

Good

#79 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Kesteven ranks #117 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 99% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

99% approved vs 90% nationally

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

North Kesteven decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

97%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #4 of 296

99%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #6 of 296

71%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #117 of 296

45%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #193 of 296

90%

Minor dwellings approved

67 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

9 decided (10+ homes)

97%

Change of use approved

36 decided

631

Total decisions

19 refused in the year to March 2026