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David Hallgate Optometrist, 86-88 Wide Bargate, Boston, PE21 6SE

B/24/0252Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 September 2024

Council decision: Favourable with conditions

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for proposed change of use to grocery shop [class E(a)] with internal modifications (removal of internal non-load bearing partition walls, painting, and replacing the flooring with tiles)

Received
26 June 2024
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at David Hallgate Optometrist, 86-88 Wide Bargate, Boston, PE21 6SE. Boston has handled 127 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Boston's typical decision time. The site is in the Boston conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 886 applications in total for the PE21 postcode area.

90% of heritage applications at Boston Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
PE21 6SE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boston Town Area Committee

Planning application dates

Validated
26 June 2024

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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