Old Agricultural Building At First Hurn Drove Billinghay Lincolnshire
Approved on 29 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application under Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order for prior approval for change of use from agricultural barn to dwelling
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Billinghay Rural
- Agent
- Rick Smith Design Ltd
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated3 Feb
- Consult.Consultation29 Apr
- TargetTarget Date24 Mar
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 85 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Old Agricultural Building At First Hurn Drove Billinghay Lincolnshire. North Kesteven has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer than North Kesteven's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Billinghay Rural.
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
- Application type
- Prior Notification - Non Domestic
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Billinghay
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 29 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 29 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 29 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rick Smith Design Ltd
- Agent address
- Rick Smith Design Ltd Ardent House 18 Eastgate Sleaford NG34 7DP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 21 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14665462
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 27
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.
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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.
© 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.
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Source: North Kesteven
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