Driby Grain Store Driby Lane Driby, Alford, Lincolnshire LN13 0BS

00476/26/ESREIA - Screening OptionDecided

Outline / PiP

Decided on 13 April 2026

Council decision: Not required

Proposal

Environmental Impact Assessment (E.E.C. Directive 85/337/E.E.C. as amended by Council Directive 97/11E.C.) for a screening opinion with respect to the change of use from an agricultural barn to vehicle storage.

Received: 24 March 2026
Council: East Lindsey District Council
Agent: Evans McDowall Architects

ReceivedReceived24 Mar
ValidatedValidated24 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Apr
DecidedDecided13 Apr

Decided in 20 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Driby Grain Store Driby Lane Driby, Alford, Lincolnshire LN13 0BS. East Lindsey has handled 693 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 194 applications in total for the LN13 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: LN13 0BS
Application type: EIA - Screening Option
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 March 2026
Target decision date: 13 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Evans McDowall Architects
Architect profile: EVANS MCDOWALL ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: E21 Sparkhouse Studios Sparkhouse Studios Ropewalk Lincoln LN6 7DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 20 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 7

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.

Source: East Lindsey

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