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Land At Tuttle Farm Lock Road North Cotes Lincolnshire DN36 5UP

00434/26/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 April 2026

3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Permission in Principle for the erection of up to 9no. dwellings.

Received
18 March 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Tetney Ward
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Tuttle Farm Lock Road North Cotes Lincolnshire DN36 5UP. East Lindsey has handled 693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 4 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 22 applications across Tetney Ward. We hold 1,693 applications in total for the DN36 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 application site lies outside the built-up footprint of North Cotes and is physically and functionally detached from the settlement, being separated from the village by open agricultural land and lacking safe pedestrian connectivity to services and facilities. As such, the site is located within the open countryside. The proposal would represent residential development in an unsustainable location, contrary to the spatial strategy set out in Policies SP1 and SP2 of the East Lindsey Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The site lies within the Coastal Area as defined by SP17 of the East Lindsey Local Plan. Policy SP18 of the East Lindsey Local Plan restricts new housing within the Coastal Area to APPLICATION NUMBER – 00434/26/PIP APFULZ specific circumstances, including brownfield land, sites with extant permission, proposals for affordable or specialised housing where a local need is demonstrated. The application for market housing on a greenfield site does not fall within any of the supported categories. The development would introduce additional residential occupants into an area at significant risk of coastal flooding, contrary to Policies SP17 and SP18 of the East Lindsey Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. The application site lies within Flood Zone 3 and the proposal represents a "more vulnerable" development. In the absence of Sequential and Exceptions Tests, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the development has been directed to an area of lowest flood risk nor has it been demonstrate that the development would provide wider sustainability benefits or could be made safe for its lifetime. No site-specific Flood Risk Assessment has been provided to assess flood risk or identify mitigation measures. The proposal therefore fails to demonstrate that it would be safe for its lifetime without increasing flood risk elsewhere and is contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework and associated Planning Practice Guidance.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DN36 5UP
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tetney

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation start
26 March 2026
Consultation end
11 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 April 2026
Last date for comments
17 April 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 March 2026
Site notice end
16 April 2026

Appeal history

6009106
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 September 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
58
Constraints
16

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

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© 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.

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Source: East Lindsey

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