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The Old Smithy, Highgate, Leverton, Boston PE22 0AW

B/22/0326Certificate of Lawfulness (existing use)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 4 October 2022

Council decision: Favourable Planning decision

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for Lawful Development Certificate to confirm that the existing use of The Old Smithy, Highgate, Leverton, Boston as a residential dwelling house with gardens & outbuilding is lawful

Received
9 August 2022
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Old Smithy, Highgate, Leverton, Boston PE22 0AW. Boston has handled 58 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 596 applications in total for the PE22 postcode area.

91% of amendment applications at Boston Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PE22 0AW
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing use)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leverton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Validated
9 August 2022

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Boston

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