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Land Adjacent Abbey Lodge Planting Side Little Cawthorpe Lincolnshire

00037/26/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle for the erection of up to 4no. dwellings.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Legbourne Ward
Agent
Gracemachin Planning & Property.
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adjacent Abbey Lodge Planting Side Little Cawthorpe Lincolnshire. East Lindsey has handled 693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Lindsey's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Legbourne Ward. We hold 1,235 applications in total for the LN11 postcode area.

94% of outline applications at East Lindsey District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The site lies in the open countryside, outside any settlement identified for growth under Policy SP1 of the East Lindsey Local Plan. The proposal for up to 4no. dwellings would introduce dwellings in an unsustainable location, it would undermine the spatial strategy of the Local Plan, result in environmental harm through increased car reliance and harm to the character of the area through encroachment into the countryside, contrary to objectives of SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4 and SP10 of the East Lindsey Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework. Notwithstanding the lack of a five year supply of deliverable housing sites, the development would cause unacceptable and demonstrable harm to the spatial strategy, environment and character of the area, contrary to SP1, SP2 and SP10 of the East Lindsey Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework. The proposed APPLICATION NUMBER – 00037/26/PIP APFULZ development would not therefore constitute sustainable development as laid down by paragraph 11 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LN11 8NS
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Legbourne

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
16 February 2026
Consultation start
22 January 2026
Consultation end
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
18 February 2026
Target decision date
24 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gracemachin Planning & Property.
Agent address
Gracemachin Planning & Property. Wellington House, 15 Wellington Circus, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. NG1 5AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 January 2026
Site notice end
16 February 2026

Appeal history

6007502
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 July 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Lincolnshire Wolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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: East Lindsey

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