Three dwellings at Home Farm, Main Street, Sturton

Summary of planning committee decision

Decided by North Lincs Planning Committee on 6 May 2026.

PA/2024/1371Approved

What was proposed

Permission was sought to demolish agricultural buildings and build three two-storey homes with parking, gardens, access, visitor parking and landscaping.

“RELEVANT PLANNING HISTORY PA/2019/67: Planning permission to erect three linked dwellings and associated works, including demolition – approved with conditions 27/09/2019 PA/2024/154: Planning permission to erect three dwellings and detached garages, with associated access and landscaping works – withdrawn PA/2024/719: Listed building consent to convert existing farm building into three dwellings including access and landscaping works – approved with conditions 29/12/25…”

“The land is bounded by a post-and-rail fence on its rear (northern) boundary and there are three residential properties to the south. The land to the north is an agricultural field. Planning permission is sought to demolish the existing agricultural buildings and erect three two-storey dwellings with associated parking, garden areas, access road, visitor parking area and landscaping.”

Officer report

Objections received

The parish council and residents objected to the development’s scale, design, countryside location, heritage impact, boundary treatment and relationship with the listed buildings.

“Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Internal Drainage Board (IDB): Comments made in relation to surface water drainage disposal and recommend a condition. Recycling: Comments made in relation to bin types, numbers of bins, highway construction, vehicle access for refuse vehicles, pulling distances for residents and collection crews.”

“not in keeping with the listed Home Farm farmyard site • the houses are of too big a scale • these dwellings do not draw comparisons with the dwellings approved on the site in 2019 • a condition is needed to tie the development to the conversion of the listed barns • change of use of the agricultural land to the north should be applied for • it is outside the development boundary.”

Officer report

Committee consideration

Members considered a motion to approve the application in line with the officer recommendation, subject to an additional surface-water drainage condition.

“PA/2024/1371 - PLANNING PERMISSION TO ERECT 3 DWELLINGS, WITH ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING AND ACCESS WORKS. LOCATION: HOME FARM, MAIN STREET, STURTON, DN20 9DL - Prior to consideration of the application, the Chairman invited the Head of Planning to update the committee on an additional condition that, were members minded to approve the application, be included alongside the existing planning conditions.”

Minutes

The vote

The motion to grant permission was carried.

“It was then moved by Councillor C Sherwood and seconded by Councillor C Patterson –”

“That planning permission be granted in accordance with the recommendations contained in the Planning Officers report, subject to the inclusion of the following condition -”

Minutes

The final decision

Planning permission was granted with the recommended conditions and an additional condition requiring surface-water drainage works before any dwelling was occupied.

“No dwelling hereby permitted shall be occupied until surface water drainage works have been implemented in accordance with details that shall first have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning…”

Minutes

Sources

  • North Lincs Planning Committee minutes, 6 May 2026
  • Agenda and papers (council website)

Source: Plota analysis of North Lincs's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.

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At the meeting

Date
Wednesday 6 May 2026
Recommendation
Officers recommended approval
Committee decided
Approved
Minutes
The council's minutes
Meeting
Agenda and papers (council website)
Application
The application (council website)

This committee's year

100 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 11 against officer advice.

Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.

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