Land Off Lincoln Road Metheringham Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 3EE

26/0254/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 17 March 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Upgrade pole mounted transformer including replacement of 2 x Poles from 10.5, to be 12m Stouts to support the new transformer.

Received: 26 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: North Kesteven District Council
Ward: Metheringham Rural

ReceivedReceived26 Feb
ValidatedValidated26 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Mar
DecidedDecided17 Mar

Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land Off Lincoln Road Metheringham Lincoln Lincolnshire LN4 3EE. North Kesteven has handled 23 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Kesteven's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Metheringham Rural. We hold 1,158 applications in total for the LN4 postcode area.

98% of all 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: LN4 3EE
Application type: Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Metheringham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 February 2026
Target decision date: 26 March 2026
Permission expires: 17 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 3
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

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.

Source: North Kesteven

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