Former Biscathorpe Exploration Oil Well Site, Biscathorpe Road, Biscathorpe

PL/0023/26County Matter Mineral ApplicationAwaiting decision

Proposal

For retention of former wellsite compound, hardstanding, earth bunds, fencing, security gates, access track and French drain for the purposes of agriculture

Submitted: 28 May 2026
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Lincolnshire County Council
Ward: Louth Wolds

ReceivedSubmitted28 May
ValidatedValidated28 May
Consult.Consultation1 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Former Biscathorpe Exploration Oil Well Site, Biscathorpe Road, Biscathorpe. Lincolnshire has handled 209 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Louth Wolds.

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Application details

Application type: County Matter Mineral Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: GAYTON LE WOLD
District: East Lindsey District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 May 2026
Consultation expiry: 1 July 2026
Consultation end: 1 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Suite 117 450 Brook Drive Green Park Reading Berkshire RG2 6UU

Additional information

Documents: 79

Site constraints

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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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas and brownfield registers.

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, 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.

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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.

Source: Lincolnshire

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