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8 High Street, Horncastle, LN9 5BL

S/086/01406/21Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 September 2021

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 which is a Listed Building currently used under Class A1: Shops and Class B1: Business of The Town and Country (Use Classes) Order 1987 as amended to use the ground floor under Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) of the Order and 4no. flats on the ground floor, first floor and second floor of the building.

Received
28 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Horncastle Ward
Agent
Scorer Hawkins Architects Ltd,
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 HIGH STREET, HORNCASTLE, LN9 5BL. East Lindsey has handled 3,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 3 weeks longer than East Lindsey's typical decision time. The site is in the Horncastle conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Horncastle Ward. We hold 1,096 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 5BL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horncastle

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2021
Consultation expiry
7 September 2021
Consultation start
30 July 2021
Consultation end
7 September 2021
Last date for comments
22 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Scorer Hawkins Architects Ltd,
Architect profile
SCORER HAWKINS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Lodge Farm Barns,, Skendleby,, SPILSBY,, Lincolnshire., PE23 4QF

Publicity

Last advertised
11 August 2021
Advertisement expiry
7 September 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09962827
Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Horncastle
  • Listed building: Grade II: Foster and SonOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Horncastle
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    28 Jun

    Planning Permission - Change of use, conversion of, alterations to existing building which is a Listed…

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  2. 2021
    28 Jun

    Listed Building Consent - Conversion of, alterations to existing building currently used under Class A1…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideS/086/01407/21

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