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Land Alongside River Witham Between Little Ponton Hall And Saltersford Water Treatment Works.

S25/2484Full Planning Permission (Major)Approved
Full

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Approved conditionallyDelegated (officer decision)12 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

River restoration project to restore natural river and floodplain form and function. The project will realign the river channel to the valley bottom from its current location perched on the valley side. The restored channel will be better connected to its floodplain, have a meandering pool-riffle form and contain large woody material. The existing river channel will be backfilled with the spoil excavated.

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Isaac Newton Ward
Agent
The Wild Trout Trust Limited
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 184 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Alongside River Witham Between Little Ponton Hall And Saltersford Water Treatment Works.. South Kesteven has handled 3,414 applications of this type. This one was decided in 213 days, 22 weeks longer than South Kesteven's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Isaac Newton Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission (Major)
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Little Ponton & Stroxton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
30 July 2026
Consultation end
14 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 July 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Wild Trout Trust Limited
Agent address
Unit 4 Broadfield Court Sheffield S8 0FX

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 February 2026
Site notice end
3 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14544527
Documents
56

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    17 Sep

    Submission of details reserved by conditions 3 (archaeological investigation) and 5 (Tree protection…

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  2. 2025
    29 Dec

    River restoration project to restore natural river and floodplain form and function. The project will realign…

    This applicationApprovedFullS25/2484

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