Former HSBC 26 Market Place Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 7SB
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of a solar canopy 5.5m x 4.7m
- Received
- 9 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Sleaford Westholme
- ReceivedReceived9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated12 Jan
- Consult.Consultation20 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Former HSBC 26 Market Place Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 7SB. North Kesteven has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than North Kesteven's typical decision time. The site is in the Sleaford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Sleaford Westholme. We hold 1,671 applications in total for the NG34 postcode area.
99% of outline applications at North Kesteven District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NG34 7SB
- Application type
- Prior Notification - Solar PV equipment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sleaford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 20 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 20 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 20 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Solar and Charge
- Agent address
- Solar And Charge The Queensgate Hotel 5-7 Fletton Avenue Peterborough PE2 8AX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 23 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 64
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
- Conservation area: Sleaford
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 Kesteven
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