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South Kesteven District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Kesteven District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates2,392Searchable applications
327Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 1,037 approved or refused records
128Refused applications
909 approved · 128 refused · 38 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Oct 2024 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building ControlContact planning Contact UsLocal plan Local Plan ReviewPre-application advice Pre-application advice and GuidanceConservation areas Conservation and Listed Buildings Planning controls that apply to conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@southkesteven.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas1 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Awaiting decisionS26/1374
Change of use of single storey railway building (The Old Ticket Office) to 2 storey dwelling.
Ticket Office Station Road Little Bytham Lincolnshire NG33 4RA
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1375
Section 211 notice to fell seven Leylandii trees.
21 Station Road Castle Bytham Lincolnshire NG33 4SB
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1377
Residential Development of nine dwellings (four apartments and five traditional townhouses) and ancillary storage rebuilding.
Land Off Burghley Street Bourne Lincolnshire PE10 9AE
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1378
Stabling for domestic horses/livestock and associated feed and equipment storage.
Old Manor House Main Street Little Humby Lincolnshire NG33 4HW
Received 13 Aug 2026 - DecidedS26/1380
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission S01/1236 (Erection of 61 dwellings)
10 Elgar Way Stamford Lincolnshire PE9 1EY
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1383
Rear extension and erection of a porch to the front entrance
The Bungalow 61 High Street Pointon Lincolnshire NG34 0LY
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1384
Replacement of 2 softwood painted Non-Historic windows, plus the repair of 1 metal framed, diamond light, stone surround window consisting of 1 fixed light and 1 horizontal central pivoting light. Work involves the removal of the front face of the central mullion to release the frames and its replacement in new stone to match following lights refurbishment and refitting.
Park House 6 Manor Drive Harlaxton Lincolnshire NG32 1HU
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1386
Non material amendment to planning permission S21/0113 (Reserved matters application for details relating to external appearance, layout, scale, and landscaping, with associated open space and infrastructure for the erection of 373 new dwellings, pursuant to Outline Planning Permission under application ref: SK.94/0125/12) to update the house type for Plots 195, 196, 213, 214, 246, 247, 256, 257, 324, 325, 328, and 329 from 'The Naylor' to 'The Kesteven'.
Land South Of Harvey Close And West Of Wincanton Way Bourne PE10 9PQ
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1391
Submission of details reserved by conditions 3 (During building work) of planning permission S25/1484.
8 Back Lane Colsterworth Lincolnshire NG33 5NJ
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1395
The proposed works comprise heritage repair and reinstatement works to the existing listed building following structural movement and associated cracking. The works are intended to conserve the building's existing historic character and fabric, with repair undertaken in preference to replacement wherever practicable.
5 Eastgate Bourne Lincolnshire PE10 9LB
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1396
Erection of detached single storey dwelling to rear of No.41.
41 Harrowby Lane Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 9HZ
Received 17 Aug 2026 - DecidedS26/1397
Steel portal frame with fibre cement roof for agricultural storage use.
Meadow Farm King Street West Deeping Lincolnshire PE6 9HP
Received 18 Aug 2026 - DecidedS26/1399
Screening Opinion for Application for the determination of new (updated) conditions to which a mining site is to be subject (Environment Act 1995: periodic review).
Glebe Quarry Wilsford Heath Ancaster
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedS26/1400
Submission of details required by Section 106 Agreement schedule 4 Part 1 point 1.1 (Affordable Housing Scheme) pursuant to planning permission S20/0775 - Erection of 50 dwellings
Land West Of Main Road Long Bennington Lincolnshire
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1402
EIA Scoping Opinion for the winning and working of minerals (limestone) in the form of an easterly lateral extension.
Creeton Quarry Counthorpe Lincolnshire NG33 4QG
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1405
Submission of details reserved by Condition 2 (Written Scheme of Investigation) and Conditon 6 (details of the location of the muck heap) of planning permission S24/0016 (Siting of timber stable to the South of existing paddocks for the shelter of the horses associated with Cawthorpe Farm residents. Includes landscaping for the siting of the stable and the creation of hardstanding and drainage for new paddock).
Cawthorpe Farm Cawthorpe Road Cawthorpe Lincolnshire PE10 0AB
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1406
Restoration and extension of existing Keepers Cottage
Keeper's Cottage Swinstead Road Irnham Lincolnshire NG33 4JE
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1407
Restoration and extension of existing Keepers Cottage
Keeper's Cottage Swinstead Road Irnham Lincolnshire NG33 4JE
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1408
Installation of parcel locker (Retrospective)
Nisa Northfields Drift Road Stamford Lincolnshire PE9 1XA
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1409
Conversion of existing agricultural building to provide two residential dwellings
Osgodby Grange Irnham Road Osgodby Lincolnshire NG33 4JH
Received 20 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1410
Prior Approval Under Class Q - Creation of 6 Dwellinghouses
Osgodby Grange Irnham Road Osgodby Lincolnshire NG33 4JH
Received 20 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionS26/1412
Replacement of existing shopfronts and refurbishment of front facade of building.
35 Watergate Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6NS
Received 20 Aug 2026 - DecidedS26/1413
5 Day notice for removal of a dangerous tree.
The Limes Gelston Road Hough On The Hill Lincolnshire NG32 2BQ
Received 6 Aug 2026 - DecidedS26/1414
5 Day Notice to remove a dead branch that will eventually fall onto the road.To reduce branches back from utility lines to provide approximately one meter clearance in accordance with EAS Tree Pruning 2024.
Journeys End 15 Spring Lane Horbling Lincolnshire NG34 0PF
Received 6 Aug 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Kesteven District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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