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The School House Watsons Yard Horncastle LN9 5JG

S/086/02559/21Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 June 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning Permission - Change of use, conversion of and alterations to existing disused school to provide a dwelling.

Received
13 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Horncastle Ward
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target21 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 167 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at THE SCHOOL HOUSE WATSONS YARD HORNCASTLE LN9 5JG. East Lindsey has handled 3,956 applications of this type. This one was decided in 190 days, 18 weeks longer than East Lindsey's typical decision time. The site is in the Horncastle conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5JG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Horncastle

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2022
Consultation expiry
9 July 2022
Consultation start
21 June 2022
Consultation end
9 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
11 January 2022
Last date for comments
9 February 2022
Target decision date
21 June 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
167 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 January 2022
Advertisement expiry
9 February 2022
Site notice start
19 January 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10152769
Documents
33
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Horncastle
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Horncastle

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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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