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Old Filling Station, The Food Store, Heapham Road, Gainsborough

WL/2025/00268Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Planning application for change of use of the ground floor from shop Class (Ea) to Class (Eb) and Sui Generis – hot food and take-away

Submitted
10 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at OLD FILLING STATION, THE FOOD STORE, HEAPHAM ROAD, GAINSBOROUGH. West Lindsey has handled 1,594 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than West Lindsey's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across GAINSBOROUGH EAST. We hold 2,067 applications in total for the DN21 postcode area.

88% of full planning applications at West Lindsey District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DN21 1SJ
Application type
Full Planning Application

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
ARCHITECHNICA LTD.

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

© 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: West Lindsey

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