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The Old Courthouse, 1 Louth Road, Horncastle, Lincolnshire. LN9 5ED

S/086/00151/14Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 July 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Planning Permission - Change of use, conversion of, alterations to existing building formerly used for offices which is a listed building to provide 3no. flats, to include widening of vehicular access, erection of gates to a maximum height of 2.4 metres, communal garden areas and parking areas, and the reinstatement of railings to existing boundary wall to a maximum height of 2.2 metres, existing oil tanks, surrounding wall and boiler house to be demolished in accordance with amended plans and information received by the Local Planning Authority on 15 April and 7 May 2014.

Received
27 January 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Horncastle Ward
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 155 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at THE OLD COURTHOUSE, 1 LOUTH ROAD, HORNCASTLE, LINCOLNSHIRE. LN9 5ED. East Lindsey has handled 3,956 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 14 weeks longer than East Lindsey's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Horncastle Ward. We hold 1,095 applications in total for the LN9 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
LN9 5ED
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horncastle

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2014
Consultation expiry
6 June 2014
Consultation start
12 May 2014
Consultation end
6 June 2014
Last date for comments
31 March 2014

Publicity

Last advertised
14 May 2014
Advertisement expiry
6 June 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03150071
Documents
47

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.

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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