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Former Halifax Bank, 32 Lord Street

WL/2025/01086Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 5 March 2026

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Planning application for the change of use of former bank to create 2no. ground-floor retail units, 2no. upper-floor apartments and 1no. ancillary short stay guest room, installation of roof-mounted solar PV panels, 2no. air-source heat pumps, hot-water cylinder, battery storage, green roof and modular living wall system to inner courtyard elevations, 3no. replacement external doors new refuse and cycle storage within the rear yard, internal fire-safety upgrades including emergency lighting, and detection system and accessible ground-floor WC.

Submitted
31 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 125 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at FORMER HALIFAX BANK, 32 LORD STREET. West Lindsey has handled 1,594 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 11 weeks longer than West Lindsey's typical decision time. The site is in the Gainsborough Town conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across GAINSBOROUGH SOUTH WEST. 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 2DQ
Application type
Full Planning Application

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Reld Property Limited

Company number 13329095

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
12 Apr 2021 (5 years old)
Nature of business
Real estate agencies
Registered office
Gainsborough

4 other planning applications by this company in West Lindsey.

  • WL/2026/00942 · West Lindsey · 32 LORD STREET
  • WL/2026/00269 · West Lindsey · 32 LORD STREET GAINSBOROUGH DN21 2DB
  • WL/2026/00270 · West Lindsey · 32 LORD STREET GAINSBOROUGH DN21 2DB
  • WL/2025/01087 · West Lindsey · FORMER HALIFAX BANK, 32 LORD STREET, GAINSBOROUGH
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Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (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

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
    13 Mar

    Request for confirmation of compliance with conditions 3(materials), 4(windows), 5(materials), 6(shop front)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWL/2026/00269
  2. 2025
    31 Oct

    Planning application for the change of use of former bank to create 2no. ground-floor retail units, 2no…

    This applicationApprovedFull Planning ApplicationWL/2025/01086

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