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Our Big Picture Ltd 17 - 19 Bethlehem Street (ground Floor Only) Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN31 1JN

DM/0166/26/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 April 2026

2 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from a non-selling art Exhibition/Gallery space to an independent book shop.

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
West Marsh
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Our Big Picture Ltd 17 - 19 Bethlehem Street (ground Floor Only) Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN31 1JN. North East Lincs has handled 1,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than North East Lincs's typical decision time. The site is in the Central Grimsby conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across West Marsh. We hold 139 applications in total for the DN31 postcode area.

92% of full applications at North East Lincolnshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DN31 1JN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
26 April 2026
Consultation start
30 March 2026
Consultation end
23 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 April 2026
Target decision date
20 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 April 2026
Site notice start
2 April 2026
Site notice end
26 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14759720
Documents
13
Constraints
2

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.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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: North East Lincs

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