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Land North Of High Leas Farm, Willoughby Lane, South Reston, Louth, Lincolnshire. LN11 8PJ

N/161/01563/14Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 December 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Planning Permission - To construct a solar farm comprising construction and operation over a 25 year period of 25,960 no. solar panels with a maximum overall height of 2.6 metres together with support structures, a temporary compound, access point and track, DON substation, weather station, HOLTAB 400kVA station, 13 no. security cameras and fencing to a maximum height of 2.1 metres of approximately 6.5 MW generating capacity in accordance with amended layout plan received by the Local Planning Authority on 7th November 2014.

Received
4 August 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
28
Ward
Withern And Theddlethorpe Ward
Agent
AAH Planning Consultants
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 91 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at LAND NORTH OF HIGH LEAS FARM, WILLOUGHBY LANE, SOUTH RESTON, LOUTH, LINCOLNSHIRE. LN11 8PJ. East Lindsey has handled 3,956 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 9 weeks longer than East Lindsey's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Withern And Theddlethorpe Ward. We hold 1,235 applications in total for the LN11 postcode area.

95% of full 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 8PJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Reston

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2014
Consultation expiry
1 December 2014
Consultation start
17 November 2014
Consultation end
1 December 2014
Last date for comments
10 December 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
AAH Planning Consultants
Agent address
2, Bar Lane,, York,, North Yorkshire., YO1 6JU

Planning decision

Case officer
Miss Michelle Walker

Publicity

Last advertised
24 September 2014
Advertisement expiry
1 December 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03553151
Documents
96

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (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.

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    16 Oct

    Non-Material Amendment to that previously approved under reference no. N/161/01563/14

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentN/161/01981/15
  2. 2014
    4 Aug

    Planning Permission - To construct a solar farm comprising construction and operation over a 25 year period…

    This applicationApprovedFullN/161/01563/14

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