Cotes Grange Farm Cotes South Elkington Lincolnshire LN11 0SJ

1. 17 Aug 2026

   Received by East Lindsey

2. 20 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 30 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 15 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   East Lindsey took a median of 67 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with East Lindsey for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• 01069/26/ACD Withdrawn

  21 High Street Wainfleet Lincolnshire PE24 4BN

  Determination of whether or not prior approval is required for the (a) transport and impacts of the development, particularly to ensure safe site access; (b) contamination risks in relation to the building; (c) flooding risks in relation to the building; (d) impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development; (e) where - (i) the building is located in a conservation area and (ii) the development involves a change of use of the whole or part of the ground floor, the impact of that change of use on the character or sustainability of the conservation area; (f) the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses; (g) the impact on intended occupiers of the development of the introduction of residential use in an area the authority considers to be important for general or heavy industry, waste management, storage and distribution, or a mix of such uses; and (h) where the development involves the loss of services provided by - (i) a registered nursery, or (ii) a health centre maintained under section 2 or 3 of the National Health Service Act 2002(a), the impact on the location provision of the type of services lost for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of Schedule 1 to that Order.

  30 Jun 2026 Prior approval
• 00743/26/ABC Withdrawn

  Proposed Agricultural Lagoon Low Lane Friskney Lincolnshire

  Determination of prior approval for the excavation of land to form an agricultural lagoon.

  5 May 2026 Prior approval
• 01212/26/ABC Granted

  Minster Farm Partney Road Dalby Lincolnshire PE23 4PL

  Determination of whether or not prior approval is required for the siting, design and external appearance of the poultry unit to be erected.

  24 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 01172/26/ABC Decided

  Proposed Storage Shed Ingoldmells Road Burgh Le Marsh Lincolnshire

  Determination of whether or not Prior Approval is required for the siting, design and external appearance of the storage shed to be erected.

  17 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 01252/26/ABC Decided

  Cuddfan Bach Farm Panton Wragby Lincolnshire LN8 5L8

  Determination of whether or not Prior Approval is required for the siting, design and external appearance of the storage shed to be erected.

  3 Aug 2026 Prior approval