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Former Earl of Dysart School, Dysart Road, Grantham

PL/0048/26County Council DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 30 October 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

For partial demolition of existing building, and development of new school buildings, car park, hardstanding, access roads, soft landscaping and associated works

Submitted
13 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grantham Barrowby
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 109 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Former Earl of Dysart School, Dysart Road, Grantham. Lincolnshire has handled 209 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 10 weeks longer than Lincolnshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Grantham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Grantham Barrowby.

93% of all applications at Lincolnshire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
County Council Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
GRANTHAM
District
South Kesteven District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 July 2026
Consultation expiry
17 August 2026
Consultation end
17 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Mailbox Wharfside Street Birmingham B1 1RT

Additional information

Documents
80

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (17)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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.

Source: Lincolnshire

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