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40 Newton House Westgate Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6LY

S22/2415Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 April 2023

Council decision: Approved conditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor office to form apartment and installation of air source heat pump

Received
13 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grantham St Wulframs Ward
Agent
Evans McDowall Architects
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Jan
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided5 Apr

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 40 Newton House Westgate Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6LY. South Kesteven has handled 3,414 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than South Kesteven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Grantham St Wulframs Ward. We hold 2,134 applications in total for the NG31 postcode area.

91% of full applications at South Kesteven District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NG31 6LY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Grantham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2022
Consultation expiry
3 February 2023
Consultation end
25 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2023
Target decision date
7 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Evans McDowall Architects
Architect profile
EVANS MCDOWALL ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
E21 Sparkhouse Studios Ropewalk Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 7DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11712419
Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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

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© 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: South Kesteven

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