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Woodys Top Youth Hostel, Ruckland Lane, Ruckland, Louth, LN11 8RQ

N/111/02051/17EIA - Screening OptionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 November 2017

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

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 and conversion of a former youth hostel (sui generis) to a holiday let.

Received
3 November 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Legbourne Ward
Agent
Origin Design Studio Ltd,
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 20 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at WOODYS TOP YOUTH HOSTEL, RUCKLAND LANE, RUCKLAND, LOUTH, LN11 8RQ. East Lindsey has handled 693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 6 weeks quicker than East Lindsey's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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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Application details

Postcode
LN11 8RQ
Application type
EIA - Screening Option
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Maidenwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2017
Last date for comments
23 November 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Origin Design Studio Ltd,
Architect profile
ORIGIN DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED
Agent address
Holly House,, Meadow Lane,, South Hykeham,, LINCOLN, Lincolnshire., LN6 9PF

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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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