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Rookery Farm Louth Road South Somercotes Lincolnshire LN11 7BW

00278/26/ABCPrior Approval - Agricultural/ForestryApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

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

Received
19 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Marshchapel And Somercotes Ward
Agent
Andrew Clover Planning And Design,
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Rookery Farm Louth Road South Somercotes Lincolnshire LN11 7BW. East Lindsey has handled 693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 5 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 40 applications across Marshchapel And Somercotes 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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Application details

Postcode
LN11 7BW
Application type
Prior Approval - Agricultural/Forestry
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Somercotes

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
17 March 2026
Consultation start
10 March 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Last date for comments
17 March 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2026
Permission expires
18 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Andrew Clover Planning And Design,
Agent address
1 Jacklin Drive, Saltfleet, LOUTH, Lincs. LN11 7UJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 (21)

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 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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